Leoi,

I can't really imagine a dire emergency, other than a sudden fire, that would cause one to move suddenly whilst stuck in a line of traffic at roadworks; see the man with the sign and the machine on the other side of the road; and in the case of fire one would best get out of the car and move away if here was no room to move the car safely..
An emergency is so unlikely that people often get out to stretch their legs when the bloke with the sign tells those in the front cars that there will be a relatively long delay.

Funny that the Government/Road Safety Authorities/Police don't do something about the appalling centre lines on many of the State's roads; on one 30 kilometre section between Glen Innes and Emmaville
there are at least 12 dangerous places where the centre lines are seriously misleading, at least to non-locals.

These safety lapses include two utterly blind crests that have a broken line going up and over the hilltop, ditto blind corners.

The Gwydir Highway between Inverell and Grafton has many blind corners with broken centre lines to lure the unwary into trouble.

Using a mobile phone in a controlled stopped line of traffic is utterly insignificant.

Apparently using a mobile phone whilst stationary constitutes a dangerous distraction for the driver. On the other hand, apparently driving around with three small children screaming and fighting in the back seat isn't distracting at all. Or at least not distracting enough to make it illegal.

It's one of these stupid bloody laws that isn't really designed to improve public safety - it's all about revenue raising. Why not just raise taxes or rego fees or something?

Your right in that is about nothing else than revenue rasing but you must understand that the purpose of making all these sorts of fines is to raise revenue AND NOTHING ELSE Safety, justice or whatever else has nothing to do with it.

I wonder how long it will take before they tax (fine) taxi drivers who drive along pressing that button on the box they have on the dash?

The really ridiculous thing is allowing touch screens for things like air conditioning & radio controls.

Of course talking on a phone is distracting, but mucking about trying to hit the right spot on a touch screen is not apparently.

Keep laughing folks, it's that or go mad.

"If he could have legally used a camera then the I don't see why there is a law against using the camera function of a phone whilst a vehicle is stationary."

You've won me over Is Mise, doesn't make a lot of sense does it.

He dobbed himself in.
What a total knobhead.
Why do I get the feeling this was a 'Dorathy Dixer' of sorts with him deliberately trying to get some cheap media attention?
Stupid modern technical age, every fool is now pushing their own brand...
Maybe not, but the whole thing seems pretty stupid.
What was so special about the sheep anyway?

After reading a few stories today, I have to ask myself 'How would we feel if this was the VIC Police Minister'?
These were the stories I read...

Man Attacked In Own Bedroom at 12:50am By Machete Weilding Youths - Almost Died
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/man-seriously-assaulted-car-stolen-in-violent-home-invasion-in-thomson-geelong-20170321-gv3g3g.html

Machete Maniacs Attack Dad in Terrifying South Melbourne Robbery
http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/national/machete-maniacs-attack-dad-in-terrifying-south-melbourne-robbery/news-story/9125aa5fd7969d8d086a8d527c032d61

'Protect Victoria' Facebook group (from previous link) has doubled membership in recent days.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/217134422085889/

So then I look at it all and though its a different state I wonder who gives a crap about snap-shots of sheep?
Doesn't he have any other pressing crime related work he should be more focused on?
Nothing at all?

...And it's at this point it hits me I've just wasted several minutes or more of my life on this insignificant sheep snapper that I'll never ever get back.

"...the government funded researchers knew very well the result required by their funders, & arranged their research to supply that result to order. Surely you have seen footage on the many "COPS" shows on TV of the cop in a very high speed car chase, reporting on his radio every turn made by the perused car?"

It's official then, using a mobile phone does not affect driver reaction time! Thanks for clearing that up.

I've spent too many k's stuck behind people having a chin-wag at 10-15 kph below the limit, and had a friend killed by a donkey who put her need to to stay connected with ahead of the safety of others.