In Germany, it appears, according to Pocket GPS World, that using your mobile phone whilst driving is illegal. However, a court has now taken that a step further, and decreed that using the mobile phone for SatNav is classed as “using” your mobile phone (even if no call is taking place), and hence ruled that using one as a SatNav is also illegal. We’ve clarified the article with Pocket GPS World, and they have confirmed that this applies even if the phone is mounted in a holder.  So, if you are heading off to Germany in the next few months, and use a phone based SatNav, think twice…

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