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Drivers ignore hand-held mobile ban
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TRUCK DRIVERS ARE ignoring the ban on using handheld mobile phones while driving, according to the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL).
Although the practice of using a hand-held mobile while driving was banned in December 2003. the TRL reports that the proportion of LG V drivers spotted using hand-held phones on the move increased from 1.6% in September last year to 2.4% in April this year.
The number ()Ivan drivers using mobiles on the move fell from 2.8% to 2.5% in the same period.
Meanwhile the proportion of LGV drivers bothering to use hands-free sets has fallen slightly from 0.4% to 0.3%. In all. 80.000 car drivers and 20.000 CV drivers were monitored at 30 sites in the South-East, from
motorways and high streets to rural lanes. Edmund King, director of the RAC Foundation, believes the increase in the use of hand-held phones is mainly due to poor
forcement: "Enforcement is pretty lax and haphazard. "We're hoping that the inclusion of this practice in the Road Safety Bill, which will bring harsher fines and three penalty points if caught,
will put an end to motorists taking a chance. We need some concerted campaigns as we see some pretty stupid antics out there, for example drivers who take a risk by texting."