{"id":722012,"date":"2026-06-23T22:19:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T22:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/722012\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T22:19:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T22:19:16","slug":"motorists-urged-to-avoid-smartwatches-while-driving-amid-legal-grey-area-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/722012\/","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\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxOTVFKbEgzRUlDVm04ZElpaVdNYzVSeG9UazBjUHdOU1d6c3ZJRXBnSWJvMzZHQml0MTVsdWtnNDRzVjctNUI1bm5uNWtQWjIyajNmV28xNVczTjNub3hyNDNxU3ZGUWp6YzB4ZkdUalVwT2sxczJaR1pacER3R2pLcVpaYVlzT0U?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Millions of drivers risk huge fines for using everyday item in cars under &#8216;stricter&#8217; rules<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;GB News<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\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxPMGltcDRVMVJSNkZXX2pKeFo4MTFuTFhLZ1k1czNIUE9xLUh6TWY1cVFqUTR1czhISE1wQVlDZVFwSHM2M1NQbWRZbDFyZjBwOUM4VmJEbm1sMWUzMmg2VVJhODJLYTE2d0ZXQ1NLMFRFV0MzVk5SNGE1djM1My11dVR2UTBSN2dZZVc5N1FIUVF6QUx1Q1lPck9nV3ZqdXQtSVRZczUxQlRNa051bk1NSg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Drivers could be fined for checking their smartwatch behind the wheel, RAC warns<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Regit<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxPZlFjaF9zU0s5dHFzanVJMzZnaDNoaFVNLWo1bzg4aUx4VVFUYWZNVnlRTUtYaFh1ZTg4aEdadGNlaHFva0ItYVdOdEpZTDlpRmh3aWRidkVhNHJDOXNxMEFkOVpENDE5LURDbVVLX3JMN0hza0ZTUE52TF9aelhGT0J4YV9NR3I3c0U1UUFncTlIeGNYbTNER1dqLWtHb2c?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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Motorists urged to avoid smartwatches while driving amid legal grey area&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentMillions of drivers risk huge fines for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":722013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[166,74],"class_list":["post-722012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-gadgets","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}