Gareth wrote:Strangely Brown wrote:Gareth wrote:Do police officers ever use mobile phones while they are driving?
Argumentum ad verecundiam, and a weak one at that. In particular, congitive bias.
To answer the question: they probably do. And it would make them wrong too.
Nice of you to throw some words around, I was actually curious. Have seen US police officers using mobile phones while driving, Australians also, I think, but wasn't sure what happens in the UK. Many of the fly-on-the-wall programs show two up, although sometimes carrying a mobile phone in addition to one or more two way radios, but I know police officers are not always two up..
Here in Scotland, dual crewing is normal because of the different legal system . Comms should always be handled by the passenger .
The Airwave sets can function either as two way radios , with PTT , or as mobile phones .