Distracted Walking, Cycling, and Driving

[Rainrider22]

New Distracted Driving Laws are coming into effect.

https://www.ontario.ca/page/distracted-driving

The laws are now so severe that it appears even drinking a coffee while driving may be enough to have your vehicle impounded for 3 days.

Somewhat insanely, it's actually permissible to use a mobile phone so long as it's mounted to the dash.

The wording, I feel, is very poor (see the section about "using a Bluetooth").  I don't think this is a very organized approach to the issue and only clouds it further.

I think it was OPP, explicitly stated that the law does not apply to drinking coffee:

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/910...olice-say/

Also, it's not a vehicle impounding, it's a license suspension.

OPP doesn't write law. They only enforce the law like any other municipal police officer.  Bottom line, if you are drinking a coffee or eating and it appears to the investigating officer that this action caused you do be distracted,i.e. you are swerving within your lane, you drive through an intersection without stopping for a stop sign, then you can be charged.