{"id":653627,"date":"2026-06-23T08:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/653627\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T08:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:07:08","slug":"motorists-urged-to-avoid-smartwatches-while-driving-amid-legal-grey-area-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/653627\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorists urged to avoid smartwatches while driving amid legal grey area &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxOczFyVTZhV1NKanNxdXFjMnQ1Vk1SVVE2UkRiWEZGR0lrNGRpbjJNRGZJQ095Ql9ab2gyUl9zSW5IcWhNYWdWaW90bTB1OWdJdFVvajl6b0xqX3JyTDRadVJLUENjU25LczYxQlVjemtQc1d3R3dvSE9ydUhQMHpMSW5uYzkyd1l5YTJYYzNqa0dKeDU5RnFyTGxzOGczMlJzb2hj?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Motorists urged to avoid smartwatches while driving amid legal grey area<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxNY0RSOWVwX19acTBiNlhmWFpOUk9tZkNOMXY2a3ZmNWxWY1VMUE43SWphWHNobG5ZTXlKWWJVZFBTcE5pT09KRF9VT3NhdFk4SjZ6MlhlRUhrY2xFNXdGQVF0M3F3UDlCZVFVUjEtUHZRdy1RU2xUa1dDZEJsMlZ4V3lKb3pWTkY2aGFuTFltem1IWG9ST2FEQllFTVJTMml5NEFGVkY1aTBzcUdUQWNpeng4Mzk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Use your smartwatch behind the wheel? You could get six points<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxNRGlzdGczNHFZcFhsQWhuNFNWWWlvQmRNNzBiYlRsbGo0WlFIbnRQM0tsY0I5RXVCWVBjLUExZnB6S09ycUtWU2o1OENuYmJyYmdTSUpFNEV3Z1BsRlhLM0xEVGVMLUZ6U2R6S0FrdnVHTHhhRFJJSjVhTW9CbE1ZS2VlRzdaMTFhUDBwbVRqZXRmZDA3SDNpWWMxQnU5MmVPRTQweVhqMlFaWVJyXzJxTw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A third of drivers who use smartwatches at the wheel at risk of falling foul of the law<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RAC Media Centre<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxNVG9NR1hJR2FIelFhRjFvMmxXY0ZYU2VHbEJDRWpiVzE5Rmc3X2g5aE9sLVQ1ZWdkZzFfbThLMDdlQXgwdzg2dmhjQVhPclhRWmg5T2xkVEJsSFNqRmpqblVvbDFlSEFCM3JtcTdNV2JZNHA1OWdobUFVTHNGZ2gzTlF3S3nSAYoBQVVfeXFMT3hldkJGLXdlcmYzYzk5elF2ejVqSmZLQWJvLW5YSXByRlJnYXp0SEZSYWZtZGptLWRnX29YOFhDbjAyUENQUEU2OTlWLTNyVExZeHQ0TkhnZzVkRWQ5RVQ2Sjc4M3k5OEc3cFVaWUdRbDlSRnF1dzdSRlJGN1RDb21TVVpIbnRXXzhB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RAC says touching watch while driving could mean fine and six points<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Mirror<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxOWVFnT01ZWnR4aGNHLVp6STVHbkFkWFZzbHYwdGVfbVFKOEFuRkVTWVp3MjBuak9Ua0tjazJ1Q09jN3lzSHp0STFhdVdGcjBQYU4yRkVnNkpSVkRkS3BvWEIyeTBWdFJ4ZF9fNUNQY1RPanRHZ1dIUVJHUTlyWWdGRVl4VUVOMGN3UkE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Is using a smartwatch while driving illegal? Motorists urged to act or could \u2018unwittingly pay the price\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;AOL.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Motorists urged to avoid smartwatches while driving amid legal grey area&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentUse your smartwatch behind the wheel? You&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":653628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[786,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-653627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-gadgets","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}