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Wednesday, 27 February 2008

Drivers and mobile phones

A new study shows that over a third of motorists on the road have sent texts or listened to their phone messages whilst driving and over a million motorists across the country have caused an accident because of this.

And

Road safety critics and MPs say police enforcement is still too lax given the alarming surveys showing widespread abuse through motorists continuing to phone and text on their mobiles while driving.
Posted by freewheeler at 15:29
Labels: policing, road safety
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