That is according to one solicitor who says that new laws around using your phone while driving make good headlines but are proving difficult to enforce.
It comes after new penalties for drivers using sites like Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp were dropped by the Department of Transport due to time constraints on the updated Road Traffic Bill.
Solicitor Evan O'Dwyer says that any fresh limits on using your phone will be strongly tested in the courts.
“When road traffic acts are being contemplated, you have the headline-type offences – such as 'we're now going to introduce a ban on texting while driving' – and that makes great headlines, it makes great press” he said.
“But when you actually get down into the nitty-gritty of it, how are the guards going to enforce that?”.
“And inevitably if people are going to get penalty points to their driving licence, the kitchen sink is going to be thrown at it by way of a defence and to see if there's any loophole” he added.
