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You’re driving in slow-moving traffic and have been stationary at temporary roadworks for several minutes. Your hand-held mobile phone is on the passenger seat and you want to quickly open a navigation app to check if there’s a quicker route. What should you do?

Illustration for Emergency Procedures question: You’re driving in slow-moving traffic and have been stationary at temporary r...

Explanation

Under Rule 149 of the Highway Code, you MUST be in proper control of your vehicle at all times and MUST NOT use a hand-held mobile phone or similar device for any purpose while driving or supervising a learner, including when you’re stationary in traffic or at roadworks. You must not pick up the device even briefly to open an app or dial a number. You may only handle a hand-held device after you’ve safely parked and switched off the engine.

Highway Code Reference

Rule 149: Rule 149

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