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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's irrelevant how long the train is. The issue is that British law requires you to be in control of your vehicle at all times when it's on the road, and hence doing things like reading, using a mobile phone, or even drinking from a bottle of water, are all illegal while stopped at traffic lights, railway crossings, and so on.
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The law in the US varies from state to state. In the fine state of Georgia, where both Apache and I live, there is an exception to the law when parked. I'm pretty sure sitting at a railroad crossing with your engine turned off is considered parked. It wouldn't work well for me since I tend to block everything else out around me when I read. That's one of the big reasons I listen to audiobooks in the car, well that and I get car sick when I try to read in the car.
