A young single Mum from Sydney has found out the hard way that ignorance of the road rules is not an acceptable defence, despite how obscure the rules may be.
20-year old Celina Selman was driving home after picking her daughter up from day care when she was pulled over by police and asked to undertake a random breath test.
She drove away from the encounter with $1000 worth of fines, for having her phone's Bluetooth connected to her car, and for having her daughter unrestrained.
Touching your phone to use Bluetooth is illegal |
In New South Wales, it is illegal for fully licensed drivers to touch a phone to use an audio function such as Bluetooth to play music, unless the phone is secured in a fixed cradle.
