A B.C. Uber Eats driver must pay for his distracted driving ticket after the case was appealed to the Supreme Court.
Vasu Virda had been charged on July 31, 2024, with using an electronic device while driving contrary to 214.2(1) of the Motor Vehicle Act.
A police officer previously testified that he saw Virda tap the screen of his phone twice while he was stopped at a light, while Virda said he only tapped it once.
Virda said he was working for Uber Eats and had been sent a delivery offer so he tapped the screen once to receive the offer.
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“The law says you’re allowed one touch for the purposes of ending, accepting or initiating a phone call on your device, but you are not allowed one touch for any other purpose including accepting an Uber Eats order, or Uber Eats pickup or delivery,” Kyla Lee with Acumen Law said.
“The problem with that is that these two actions are no more distracting than each other, but the government has seen fit to prohibit one of them without prohibiting the other and has provided no explanation why this should be the case.”