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Chris Kearney, Marketing Manager for TomTom ANZ, said in regards to the TomTom for iPhone app: “As far as we’re concerned there’s no impact on the TomTom for iPhone because if we go directly to the Land Transport legislation there’s nothing that mentions GPS in that at all.”
The legislation states that drivers “must not, while driving a vehicle, create, send, or read a text message on a mobile phone or make, receive, or terminate a telephone call on a mobile phone or use a mobile phone in any other way”, though calls may be made if the phone does not require a user to hold or manipulate the phone while making the call.
Kearney emphasised that users should use proper safety techniques and use a holder when using the TomTom for iPhone app.
“We’ve always pushed the fact that you should use this device in a holder in the car,” he said. “We have one available in New Zealand coming very, very soon.”
[UPDATE] Transport Minister Steven Joyce yesterday announced that the law would be amended to exclude mounted or cradled mobile phone GPS systems and applications.
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