Do you violate the provisions of traffic law, if, while driving a car, you talk on a phone by holding the phone in your hand?

In the photo, a driver sitting behind the wheel is talking on the phone, holding it in his hand by his ear. If you talk while driving on a phone held in your hand, you break the rules - even if you hold it away from your ear with the loudspeaker mode switched on - answer C. Neither keeping control of the vehicle (A) nor the loudspeaker mode (B) changes the fact that you are holding the handset in your hand.

The Road Traffic Act prohibits a driver from using, while driving, a phone that requires holding the handset or microphone in the hand. So what matters is whether you are holding the device, not the way you talk: a phone in your hand takes a hand away from the steering wheel and draws your eyes. A hands-free kit or headset, with the phone in a holder, is allowed, although even then a conversation is distracting. For a phone in your hand, the law provides for a fine and penalty points. If you have to take an important call, you stop in a place where this is allowed - the rule is about using a phone while driving.

Legal basis: Art. 45 para. 2 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)