You may be interested to read that, according to information obtained by the RAC, there are fewer people being caught using their mobile phones illegally whilst driving their motor vehicles. Whilst this is good news, it is still concerning just how many motorists are breaking the law.
Back in March of this year the penalty for being caught using a mobile phone illegally whilst driving was increased significantly. The penalty rose to a minimum of 6 points on your driving license plus a fine of £200 – no small sum of money especially as Christmas approaches.
In the three months to the end of February 2017 the number of people caught driving and at the same time illegally using their mobile phones amounted to 15,861. Yet, in the following three months to 31st May 2017, this figure had fallen to 14,160. That is a reduction of 1,701 equating to a drop of 10.7%.
As stated earlier, whilst it is pleasing to see a fall in people illegally using their handheld mobile phones whilst driving, there are still too many motorists continuing to break the law. In fact, if one person were found doing this, it would be one too many.
The implications are so serious with the potential for motorists to cause the death of other road users as well as pedestrians. Perhaps those drivers breaking the law are unconcerned that their actions could not only result in someone getting injured or killed but it would also result in their car insurance premiums increasing or, depending upon how many penalty points they had previously accumulated on their driving license as a result of other motoring offences such as breaking the speed limit, even being banned from driving.
It would no doubt help if more people either refrained from illegally using their mobile phones whilst driving or he or she invested in some Bluetooth technology enabling them to use their phones hands free without breaking the law. Surely, this would, in most cases be a cheaper option than having to pay a £200 fine and see an increase in their motor insurance premiums.
