Derek McDowell (Labour)

I am sure all Senators who have been stuck in traffic at 6.30 p.m. on Thursday evenings have decided to use their mobile telephones. I am certain that the Minister of State has often sat for quite a while in traffic that was going nowhere. Is it an offence for one to use one's mobile telephone in such circumstances? I do not think it could reasonably be described as "careless driving", given that one is stuck in traffic that is not moving. It seems to me that it could not be prosecuted as "careless driving" and certainly not as "dangerous driving", unless one does something else that is careless or dangerous.