If someone was dialling on their phone, on the keypad, but got pulled over before the call could be completed then there would be no way for the accused to prove he/she was dialing and not texting because no record would show on the phone bill of a call being connected.
Bear you make a good point, I think if police use common sense it shouldn't be a problem. I have seen some horrible drivers that like to put their phones up on the steering wheel so they can use their thumbs on the phone and fingers on the wheel. And they spend 20% of time watching the road and 80% looking at their device.
I just think this law leaves room for a lot of ambiguity.
Speaking of distracted driving did you see the report/article about Halton police?
They have been in so many at-fault/preventable accidents recently that they are being required to go back to driving school.
Preventable accidents included - going too fast for the conditions, following too close to other vehicles and making improper turns.
Funny though, no tickets were ever issued to these "preventable" accidents.
Just the description of the accident itself makes it almost impossible to understand why a ticket wouldn't be issued - "going too fast for the conditions" or "following too close".
Oh well,
I think anyone who gets in blatantly stupid accidents should be required to go back for additional training.
And like I said distracted driving is such a huge problem and a huge factor involving a large percentage of accidents (they all are preventable)