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New (April 2023) Victorian Distracted Driving laws (www.vicroads.vic.gov.au)

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What are peoples’ opinions of the new Victorian distracted driving rules?

My interpretation is that they are more lenient than the previous rules in some ways but much more onerous in others.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Haven't fully read it and I want familiar with the old ones, but it's sensible that infotainment and mounted phones have the same rules

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I think they mainly just codify specific rules for specific classes of drivers.

Experienced drivers need to take responsibility, but have more leniency on how they interact with their infotainment/mounted phones.

Inexperienced drivers need to be aware that there are some things they need to realise are hazardous to do whilst in control of a vehicle.

Professional driving services like couriers, taxis and their gig-economy colleagues, have an exemption when using their task allocation systems.

There is also a codification that device restraint systems need to be “commercially designed holder”, which is probably a boon for QuadLock and RAM mounts.