A Step In The Right Direction. Not Before Time !

[BrianR]

Now all we need is more Police on the roads enforcing it.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22012007/344/crackdown-phoning-driving.html

Drivers caught chatting on their mobile phone will face bigger fines and three penalty points from the end of next month.

 

[tommyboy]

Good stuff, some progress. I see more on their mobile's now that it's been made illegal

 

[ja.jack]

Ban them!

 

[MattyMarsh]

Does this apply to hands-free also ?

 

[BrianR]

Good stuff, some progress. I see more on their mobile's now that it's been made illegal

This might get some of their attention :

If the police or the motorist chooses to go to court rather than pay the FPN, the maximum fine is £1,000 for car offences and £2,500 for vans, lorries, buses and coaches.

 

[BrianR]

Does this apply to hands-free also ?

Technically ...YES

Kevin Clinton, Head of Road Safety at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, said: "Using a mobile phone - whether hand-held or hands-free - while at the wheel makes you four times more likely to crash. Employers have a responsibility to protect their employees and other road users by having policies in place to ban the use of mobiles while driving for business."

 

[Leeshez]

I see lots of people on there phones

 

[cliobritt]

It really winds me up.........
just hold my horn down next to them!

 

[BrianR]

It really winds me up.........
just hold my horn down next to them!

I do that, my Wife tells me off endlessly saying someone is going to get out of their car and thump me one day.
My reply to her is, no they wont, they are too busy on the phone. :rasp: