Steering wheel phone holders totally illegal, police warn

If you’re reading this story between 10 o’clock and 2 o’clock on your steering wheel, you’re doing it wrong.

Those popular plastic holders that hold a smartphone to the steering wheel to facilitate chatting and texting while driving are totally illegal, police warned yesterday.

The accessory is said to distract drivers, and using one is punishable by a fine of THB400 – THB1,000, according to Deputy Metropolitan Police Chief Maj. Gen, Adul Narongsak.

The law only allows drivers to use a handsfree phone for talking only, that said, their hands must not touch or hold the phone, Post Today reported.

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