Using your phone behind the wheel currently carries a £200 fine and six points after the penalty was toughened
More than 600,000 British drivers face disqualification with “one touch of their phone”, a road safety charity has warned. Analysis of official data obtained by IAM RoadSmart found that 547,287 drivers had six points on their licence as of August 5, and a further 94,088 had nine points.
Drivers who accumulate 12 or more points within three years are usually handed a six-month ban. Varying amounts of points are handed out for motoring offences, such as three for using a vehicle with defective brakes, between three and six for speeding and 10 for drug driving. Virtually all hand-held use of mobile phones on Britain’s roads is banned. A loophole allowing drivers to escape punishment for hand-held phone use if they were taking a photograph or playing a game was closed by new legislation in March last year.
“Anyone with six points on their licence that is tempted to text or take a selfie on their phone is not only risking a ban but is a potential danger to themselves and other road users. A pinging phone can be a massive distraction, so it is best to put it out of sight, out of reach and on silent.
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