{"id":147,"date":"2014-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T23:00:00","slug":"major-garda-clamp-down-on-mobile-phone-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micksgarageblog.org\/major-garda-clamp-down-on-mobile-phone-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Garda Clamp Down on Mobile Phone Use"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na have announced a nationwide campaign this coming Thursday & Friday to ‘educate’ road users on the dangers of using a mobile device while driving. <\/p>\n

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The special operation falls just before new legislation comes into effect on May 1st, which will make it an offence to send or read a text message – or to even touch your mobile phone while driving.<\/p>\n

Under the legislation, making a phone call or even simply touching <\/i><\/b>a phone will result in 2 penalty points and a \u20ac60 fine payable with 28 days. This increases to 4 penalty points and a \u20ac90 if paid within 28 to 56 days.<\/p>\n

The regulations make it an offence to send or read a text, including an e-mail, from a mobile phone while driving, but does not include anything done without <\/b>touching the phone, or through voice activation.<\/p>\n

The offence is punishable on conviction with a fine of up to \u20ac1,000 for the first offence, increasing to \u20ac2,000 and a possible jail sentence. This offence is now seen in the same light by the authorities as drink driving or speeding.<\/p>\n

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Facts point the direction of action however, with almost 10,000 drivers have been detected holding a mobile phone while driving in the first three months of 2014. In the whole of 2013, there were more than 28,000 people detected, which represents a 60% year on year increase.<\/div>\n
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Be warned and be safe this coming Thursday & Friday and always. If you don’t currently own a bluetooth device you can buy them from as little as \u20ac9.99 on the MicksGarage.com<\/a> site – a lot less than a nasty \u20ac1,000 fine!<\/div>\n
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Words by John Smyth<\/a>, MicksGarage Marketing Guru!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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