{"id":972,"date":"2015-05-06T20:21:56","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T20:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/?p=972"},"modified":"2021-03-10T00:19:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T00:19:32","slug":"no-cellphone-use-while-driving-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/no-cellphone-use-while-driving-in-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"No cellphone use while driving in Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Something to remember if you’re bringing a cellphone on your Irish vacation…<\/span><\/h3>\n

In a stunningly simple move, the Republic has banned the use of mobile phones while driving, except for dialing 999 or 112 for an emergency.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Fines of up to \u20ac60, plus 2 penalty points are assessed for Irish drivers violating the phone law. Visitors are responsible for all their own traffic tickets and fines.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Even using Bluetooth or other hands-free methods can lead to a fine if Gardai determine that it’s caused you to drive recklessly. A mobile in your pocket cannot be switched on, but it can be if in the glove box; passengers are allowed to use a cellphone while you are driving.<\/span><\/h3>\n

The rationale (so rational, why didn’t the U.S. think of it?) is that any kind of phone communication is distracting to a driver and can cause accidents. Their suggested solution is to pull over to the roadside to make or take a call. As for texting, fuggedaboutit.<\/span><\/h3>\n

More information about the law is here.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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In a stunningly simple move, the Republic has banned the use of mobile phones while driving,except for dialing 999 or 112 for an emergency.<\/p>\n

Fines of up to \u20ac60, plus 2 penalty points are assessed for Irish drivers violating the phone law. Visitors are responsible for all their own traffic tickets and fines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\"The<\/a>\r\nSomething to remember if you're bringing a cellphone on your Irish vacation...\r\n\r\nIn a stunningly simple move, the Republic has banned the use of mobile phones while driving, except for dialing 999 or 112 for an emergency.\r\n\r\nFines of up to \u20ac60, plus 2 penalty points are assessed for Irish drivers violating the phone law. Visitors are responsible for all their own traffic tickets and fines.\r\n\r\nEven using Bluetooth or other hands-free methods can lead to a fine if Gardai determine that it's caused you to drive recklessly. A mobile in your pocket cannot be switched on, but it can be if in the glove box; passengers are allowed to use a cellphone while you are driving.\r\n\r\nThe rationale (so rational, why didn't the U.S. think of it?) is that any kind of phone communication is distracting to a driver and can cause accidents. Their suggested solution is to pull over to the roadside to make or take a call. As for texting, fuggedaboutit.\r\n\r\nMore information about the law is here.<\/a><\/strong>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[31,33,32,30,34,35],"class_list":["post-972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ireland-travel-tips","tag-cellphone","tag-driving","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-texting","tag-while"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=972"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4703,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972\/revisions\/4703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}