Government plans to introduce £200 fines and six licence points for drivers caught using their mobile phones at the wheel have been welcomed by road safety campaigners.
However, concerns have also been voiced that a lack of traffic police will make the new measures difficult to enforce.
The announcement this week is aimed at reducing the number of road deaths attributed to mobile phone use while driving, which accounted for 22 fatalities last year.
Road safety organisation GEM Motoring Assist were quick to add their backing to the measures, with road safety officer Neil Worth saying, “Whilst we welcome this Government move, we all know it is unlikely to carry the weight it could if there were enough traffic police to make it a serious threat to disrupt offending drivers. Enforcement is a much more effective tool if it’s accompanied by a memorable and hard-hitting education and publicity campaign, where the focus is a call for a change in attitude, to make using a phone while driving as antisocial as drink-driving.”
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