Road Traffic Act 1988
You're nicked! Things that can be illegal if you do them at the wheel
She won't be laughing quite as much if he's fined for eating at the wheel
Most drivers are aware that it's illegal to drink drive, break the speed limit and use a mobile phone at the wheel. But what about other things you can't do while driving?
The action of reaching for something on the back seat when motoring along isn't illegal. But it could risk a charge of careless driving if there's an accident or a police officer deems it to be dangerous. And they might have a point. Research in the US has found that a driver trying to get an object from the back makes them eight times more likely to have a crash, the same as if they were using a mobile phone.
Here are six other things drivers do, sometimes innocently, that can land them in hot water with the law.
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Car ownership	breaking the law, Careless Driving, Illegal, Road Traffic Act 1988, Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994
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