Warwickshire Officers have issued 39 drivers with Traffic Offence Reports for using a handheld mobile phone whilst driving recently.
Four drivers in Warwickshire have been caught watching films and TV programmes on their mobile phones whilst driving.
This included a car driver who was watching a film on his mobile phone whilst driving at 55mph on the motorway and a van driver who was also watching a film on his mobile phone whilst driving.
Sergeant Shaun Bridle said “Good drivers are good because they know when driving it is essential to keep your full attention on the road because your safety, the safety of your passengers and the safety of other road users is far more important than a film or text.
“It is totally unacceptable to watch a film or programme whilst driving or to interact in any way with a handheld mobile phone. The safest thing to do for you and other road users is to wait until you are safely parked before using your mobile, or other device.”
The law was changed on 25 March 2022 to make it illegal to use a handheld mobile phone whilst driving in almost all circumstances.
Warwickshire Officers have issued 39 drivers with Traffic Offence Reports for using a handheld mobile phone whilst driving recently.
As well as 22 car drivers, 10 HGV drivers and 10 van drivers, a driver of a school bus with school children on board was caught using a mobile phone.
All these drivers could receive a £200 fine and 6 points and if they are within the first 2 years of passing their test they’ll lose their license and have to retake their theory and practical tests again.
88% of drivers who received TORs were male and 93% were over 25 years old. 58% of offences were on our motorways where speed limits are up to 70mph.
Police and Crime Commissioner and Chair of Warwickshire Road Safety Partnership Philip Seccombe said “It’s disappointing to see so many drivers placing others at risk by using their mobile phones while driving, whether by making calls or, even more alarmingly, by watching videos while behind the wheel. This can never be acceptable and demonstrates why as a Partnership we are putting so much emphasis on changing general attitudes to driving. Only by everyone becoming responsible road users can we achieve our aim of reducing deaths and serious injuries on our roads by 50% by 2030.”
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