A few years ago, Victoria Police posted a question that more than a few of us have probably thought about when lining up at the drive-thru window… can you use your phone to pay?
Of the 54,000 respondents, nearly two-thirds gave a resounding “yes.” But the twist? Victoria Police then dropped the bombshell that, at the time, the move was actually illegal, with penalties reaching hundreds of dollars in fines and several demerit points. They added that if you wanted to use your phone to pay at the drive-thru window, drivers had to “apply the hand brake, switch the engine off and then access your mobile phone. In doing so, you are not considered driving.”
Now, five years later, have the laws changed, or could your next Macca’s run still get you pinged?
