UK drivers caught using a mobile phone, satellite navigation system or MP3
player face up to two years in prison, under new legal guidelines which come
into force today.
The new guidance, which has been drafted by the
Crown
Prosecution Service, means that motorists will be charged with dangerous
driving for using the devices in a moving vehicle.
The maximum penalty for dangerous driving is two years in prison, rather than
the fine or community service order that was previously available under a charge
of careless driving.
Rob Gifford, executive director of the Parliamentary Advisory Council on
Transport Safety, said that the new rules would affect only those whose reckless
actions led to an accident.
"It is not every single driver using a mobile phone while driving that faces
jail. It is those few drivers whose behaviour leads them to have a crash when
they are using a mobile at the same time," Gifford told
BBC
Radio 4's
Today
programme.
"What people are being reminded is that driving is a complicated activity and
it is better to concentrate on driving than talking."
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