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(d) taking another action that is set out in the regulations by means of, with or in relation to an electronic device.'' | (d) taking another action that is set out in the regulations by means of, with or in relation to an electronic device.'' | ||
Additionally, ''Use of Electronic | Additionally, ''Use of Electronic Devices While Driving Regulation'' s 2 ads watching the screen of an | ||
electronic device as use of an electronic device. | electronic device as use of an electronic device. | ||
In ''R v. Baindridge'' 2018, BCPC 101 the accused was found guilty of the offence for simply holding the device in his hand while driving. The court held that any number of functions of the accused’s phone '''could''' have been used in the position in which he held his phone. In ''R v. Jahani'', 2017 BCSC 745, the accused was found guilty of the offence for plugging his phone into the cord to charge the phone. | |||
In ''R v. Tanhauser'', 2018 BCPC 183, the accused was acquitted of the offence because his cell was programmed with a software that immobilized the phone when a vehicle that is in motion. | |||
== B. Penalty Points == | == B. Penalty Points == | ||
