Offence
Use a handheld mobile phone / device while driving a motor vehicle on a road - endorsable offence
How often this offence appears in the published court listings for England and Wales, which courts list it most and where to read the official sentencing guideline.
- Hearings listed
- 3,264
- Upcoming hearings
- 63
- Next listed date
- Mon, 26 October 2026
- Courts listing it
- 135
- Heard in
- Magistrates' Court (3,264)
- Official offence code
- RV86019
- The law
- Contrary to regulation 110(1) of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, section 41D of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.
- Can lead to prison
- No
Courts that list it most
- Birmingham Magistrates' Court (160 hearings)
- Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court (152 hearings)
- Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court (124 hearings)
- Guildford Magistrates' Court (114 hearings)
- Wirral Magistrates' Court (101 hearings)
- Willesden Magistrates' Court (85 hearings)
- Great Yarmouth Magistrates' Court (79 hearings)
- Gateshead Magistrates' Court (74 hearings)
- Ipswich Magistrates' Court (74 hearings)
- Stratford Magistrates' Court (73 hearings)
- North Staffordshire Justice Centre (66 hearings)
- Sheffield Magistrates' Court (66 hearings)
- Staines Magistrates' Court (62 hearings)
- Colchester Magistrates' Court (59 hearings)
- Preston Magistrates' Court (55 hearings)
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- Use a motor vehicle on a road when there was insufficient transmission of light through the vehicle glass
- Use a motor vehicle on a road / public place without third party insurance
- Use a motor vehicle on a road without a valid test certificate
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