A Place In The Sun's Jasmine Harman's shock after being pulled over by police

The Channel 4 presenter has present urged drivers to beryllium vigilant to guarantee they don't get a good similar she did for doing thing she thought was legal

A Place In The Sun big Jasmine Harman has revealed however constabulary pulled her implicit and gave her a good for a crushed she wasn't expecting.

Urging drivers to beryllium vigilant the 49-year-old TV presenter, who precocious relocated to Spain from the UK, told however she was slapped with a €100 (£83) for utilizing CarPlay portion down the wheel. Posting a video connected Instagram earlier this week, Jasmine shared her 'public work announcement' with her 219,000 followers.

In it she said: "Hello. This is simply a nationalist work announcement. Many of you whitethorn not beryllium alert - I was not alert - that if you're driving successful your car, you cannot interaction your surface adjacent if you are utilizing CarPlay. I thought that was what CarPlay was for, truthful that you could power your incoming telephone calls, maps, listening, and immoderate other from the surface and truthful you wouldn't person to interaction your phone, which is evidently a hand-held device.

"Apparently, that is not allowed either. You're not allowed to interaction the surface successful your car. I've conscionable received a €100 fine, truthful I thought I would fto everyone other know." Jasmine ended the clip by saying: "Every time is simply a schoolhouse day."

The extremity could travel successful useful for immoderate Brits heading to Spain for their summertime holidays. The spot adept added successful the caption: "Now, this whitethorn beryllium communal cognition for some, but I wasn't alert you could get fined for touching your interaction surface whilst utilizing carplay! The constabulary told maine that's wherefore we person controls connected the steering wheel. Makes consciousness really! Do you cognize this? Lesson learned the €100 hard way! You're welcome!"

Apple CarPlay is bundle that allows you to usage your smartphone successful your car, allowing drivers to usage maps for directions oregon marque and person calls oregon messages portion remaining harmless connected the road. In the comments underneath 1 societal media idiosyncratic pointed out: "So successful that case, what bash you bash successful a Tesla oregon astir different caller cars present successful the UK erstwhile each the controls are interaction screen?"

Another asked: "So, we shouldn't run immoderate different power strategy successful our cars specified arsenic AC, instrumentality velocity adjustment, lights, radio, demister, fog lights, etc.?" A 3rd chimed in: "But you tin airy a cigaret oregon alteration controls connected the radio..." A 4th remarked: "I person to ore harder connected uncovering the buttons connected the steering instrumentality than I bash astatine prodding the screen!"

Sharing what the rules are for utilizing CarPlay successful the UK, different follower posted: "In the UK you are allowed to usage the surface successful your car, nevertheless if your driving falls beneath the acceptable modular whilst doing it you volition beryllium liable to a complaint of not being successful due power of the vehicle." Drivers are advised to usage dependable commands to guarantee they don't instrumentality their eyes disconnected the road.

The gov.uk website states that it's amerciable to clasp and usage a phone, sat nav, tablet oregon immoderate instrumentality that tin nonstop oregon person information portion driving oregon riding a motorcycle successful the UK. The instrumentality inactive applies to you if you're stopped astatine postulation lights, queuing successful traffic, supervising a learner driver, driving a car that turns disconnected the motor erstwhile you halt moving oregon holding and utilizing a instrumentality that's offline oregon successful formation mode.

If you are caught doing so, you could person six punishment points and a £200 fine. And if you passed your driving trial successful the past 2 years, you could suffer your licence altogether. If you don't person a afloat presumption of the roadworthy oregon due power of your conveyance you tin get 3 punishment points and successful worst cases beryllium fined up to £1,000 and beryllium banned from driving.

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