paying in drivethru with mobile phone

[simon varley]

legal or illegal?

in Victoria at least the law states

Learner, P1 and P2 drivers must not use a mobile phone (hand-held or hands-free) for any function while driving (including while stationary but not parked).

Fully licensed car drivers
Using a mobile phone while driving is prohibited, except to make or receive a phone call, to use its audio/music functions or perform a navigational (GPS) or intelligent highway vehicle system (in vehicle warning system) function:

is secured in a commercially designed holder fixed to the vehicle, or
can be operated by the driver without touching any part of the phone, and the phone is not resting on any part of the driver's body.
All other functions (including video calls, texting, emailing, task management, photography, social media, shopping and share economy apps) are prohibited.

I ask as I followed a green P-plater into a coffee drivethu this morning

discuss....