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Driver caught steering car transporter with...

Mar 03, 2023Comments off

Police officers overtaking a heavily-laden car transporter were shocked to discover the driver was using just one elbow to control the huge vehicle as he

Welsh support for NPCC mobile phone crack d...

Feb 27, 2023Comments off

All four Welsh police forces are supporting a nationwide campaign to crack down on drivers who flout the law by using a mobile phone. The

HGV driver using mobile phone jailed for ca...

Jan 13, 2022Comments off

A truck driver has been jailed for more than eight years after his HGV struck multiple vehicles, killing three people. Ion Onut was trawling dating sites

Jail for death crash HGV driver who caused ...

Sep 20, 2021Comments off

An HGV driver distracted by his mobile phone and who killed a devoted husband and wife in a “devastating collision” has been jailed. Steven Bennett,

Government acts to close mobile phone looph...

Nov 01, 2019Comments off

The Government has confirmed it will close a legal loophole which has allowed drivers to escape prosecution for hand-held mobile phone use while behind the

Could mobile phones be banned in the car?

Aug 13, 2019Comments off

Following this morning’s Commons Transport Select Committee’s report, MPs will consider the total ban on drivers using their phones whether they are hand-held or hands-free.

Mobile phone law ‘insufficient and cu...

Aug 12, 2019Comments off

The Government is being urged to update the wording of its law on the use of mobile phones while driving. Current legislation, introduced in 2003,

Government survey tracks mobile phone and s...

Feb 11, 2019Comments off

The percentage of drivers using a mobile phone behind the wheel – and those not wearing a seat belt – both appear to have fallen

Texting lorry driver jailed after causing M...

Sep 06, 2013Comments off

Ethen Roberts, of Immingham, imprisoned for five years after admitting causing death by dangerous driving

Reaction: Automotive industry associations ...

Jun 05, 2013Comments off

Brake, BIBA, FTA, IAM and RoSPA react to fixed penalty tickets and fine increases