NSW Road Rules:
"Under Rule 300 of the Australian Road Rules, which prohibits the use of a hand held device while driving, if the unit is a mobile phone then any function connected to the phone would be classified as use and this includes GPS.
Rule 299, of the Australian Road Rules permits a GPS but not one connected to a mobile phone. A smart phone is still a mobile phone regardless of what else it may be capable of."
Nowdays more and more cell phone manufacturers focus on their built-in GPS. Do the rule affect choosing a cell phone for NSW people?
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elmo01 Posts: 2341
Phone Model: Samsung SPH-M510
Service Provider: Bell Canada
Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:59 am
if I'm reading the rule right "***hand held*** device while driving"
why not just use bluetooth?.then its not in your hands.
madison101 Posts: 668
Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:51 pm
ummmm.cos that would make too much sense? LMAO
MaggieP Posts: 35
Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:29 am
Bluetooth can solve the problem.
It's the way people use GPS while driving that should be noticed not the GPS itself. I like to use GPS when driving. But I know it's very dangerous to drag the map or do the operation when you are driving. Some GPS map can not be dragged because of this like Tomtom and Garmin. I'm using ZorroGPS and it's map can be moved during the navigation. And during the navigation, GPS can give you audio prompts and alarm warning to keep you safe.
