the cell phone without a hands-free system car is forbidden to drivers. To take alone, such devices in the Hand, is not allowed. A Navi remote control also falls under it?

Cologne (dpa/tmn) - motorists are not allowed to electronic devices for the communication, Information or organization, during the journey, take in the Hand. So, for example, the phone Calls with a mobile phone without a hands-free taboo.

The ban applies also for remote control of such devices alone, when the driver take the Hand. The judgment of the higher regional court of Cologne, the working group traffic law of the German bar Association (DAV), reported (Az shows.: III-1 RBs 27/20).

The car of a man had a Navi, and you can with a manual remote control. A special holder on the dashboard of the vehicle was present in the apparatus could also be supported. On the road, but the man took the remote in Hand, and made entries. The process was noted and a fine of 100 Euro was followed by wanted to fight back, while the driver.

but it had no success. The judges scored the remote control as a "the Information or organization that serves electronic device" in the law sense. Because they serve the organization of the output on the Navi display. And this is also explicitly mentioned in the ban in addition to the mobile phone. If you want to use such devices but in the mount that may explain the traffic lawyers of the DAV.

Association of traffic law