DfT announces further clampdown on phone use while driving01/11/2019 A legal loophole that allowed drivers to escape prosecution for hand-held mobile phone use while behind the wheel is set to be closed, the Government has confirmed. |
Get off the phone! Norfolk signs warn drivers11/07/2018 Norfolk has become the first place in UK to trial new technology to warn drivers not to use mobile phones, the county council has said. |
Mobile phone fines fall 40% after new penalties01/03/2018 The number of drivers issued with fixed penalty notices (FPNs) for using a handheld mobile phone at the wheel has dropped by two fifths since the penalties doubled, but the AA has warned that police may be failing to enforce the law. |
Government to introduce harsher penalties for mobile phone use08/11/2016 The government has announced that anyone caught using a handheld mobile phone whilst driving will be fined £200 and receive six points on their licence – a doubling of the existing penalty. |
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