Daily Mail - 13.08.2019

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MPs demand prosecution of drivers who use kits

• because they’re as harmful as holding a mobile

BA N H A N DS

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CALLS IN THE CAR

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By John Stevens

Deputy Political Editor

DRIVERS should be

banned from all phone use

behind the wheel – includ-

ing hands-free calls, MPs

declare today.

Using technology such as car

speakerphones or bluetooth head-
sets can create the same crash risks

as holding a phone, they warn. The

Commons transport committee

believes that current laws give the

‘misleading impression’ that hands-

free use is safe.

Instead, MPs demand that ministers

look at extending the current legisla-

tion, which only bans use of hand-held

phones while driving.

They also want the Government to

consider increasing punishments for

drivers using mobiles, as well as recruit-

ing more traffic officers or using road-

side cameras to catch offenders. The

MPs acknowledge that there would be

practical challenges to criminalising

hands-free phone use and enforcing the

offence, but insisted ‘this does not

mean that we should not do it’. The

At last, it’s

Carrie’s first

engagement

(and no, that

doesn’t mean

Boris has

proposed!

)

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