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Published Date: 05 March 2007
TOO many motorists in West Lothian are ignoring new tough penalties for using mobile phones whilst driving, police said today.
Fourteen drivers were caught in the area using their mobiles in the first three days after the introduction of the new laws last Wednesday.

Inspector Colin Shillito of Lothian and Borders Police Road Policing, said: "The message is simple. It is illegal to use a handheld mobile phone whilst driving."

In Edinburgh, fourteen drivers were caught on the first day of the crackdown.

Drivers face a £60 fine and three points on their licence.



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  • Last Updated: 05 March 2007 9:39 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Mobile phone driving ban
 
1

craig51,

05/03/2007 12:43:25

Colin Shillito, you are wrong. The messege is "Do what you want, there are no police around to enfore any laws, never mind the phone one!!!!!!"

2

Moody,

05/03/2007 12:50:20

arrogant erseholes

3

steve 1511,

05/03/2007 13:01:55

a years ban is what is required if that fails a good six with the birch

4

JML,

05/03/2007 13:32:41

A spell in the army would do them the world of good!

5

sheila,

leith 05/03/2007 14:01:18

#2 and 3 ,are we commenting on this story? Or someone who has raped someone! Reality check here!

6

Occam's Razor,

Right here 05/03/2007 14:23:25

Reality duly checked.

"Key points from the accompanying article on contributory factors to road accidents are:

* Failed to look properly was the most frequently reported contributory factor and was involved in 32 per cent of all accidents. Five of the six most frequently reported contributory factors were some kind of driver or rider error or reaction. For fatal accidents the most frequently reported contributory factor was loss of control, which was involved in 35 per cent of fatal accidents."

source:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/datatablespublicatio...

Failure to look properly and subsequent under/over reaction causing loss of control are the big killers on our roads. Read the stats. Using a mobile phone whilst in control of a 1000kg+ weight moving at 30mph+ is asking for trouble any way one looks at it.

From a motocyclist's p.o.v. (having a well-developed sense of road awareness and self-preservation) I have lost count of the many dozens of times I have been driven at - through or very nearly, or just plain ignored by yet another car/van driving halfwit, busy yakking endlessly and taking absolutely the minimum amount of notice in the moving world around them.

They all do it - changing lanes with no indication/observation, pulling out of junctions one-handed looking one way, school run mothers do it every day - just watch...

£60 and 3points is hardly enough deterrent. Mind you, if the Scottish Courts can dole out 3yrs minus remand for manslaughter - drunk in charge of a motor vehicle - what chance do we have of seeing proper punitive sentencing and effective policing of an evidently sensible preventative legal ruling?

7

Paul Voltaire,

www.paulvoltaire.spaces.live.com 05/03/2007 14:33:02

Great to see the polis are keeping the streets safe.
What would we do without them?

8

Some1 stuck in middle of it all!,

05/03/2007 21:01:13

Did anybody really truly think it would make much difference to these arrogant b'stards still using their mobiles while mobile?

Dream on!

9

Kingcup,

Musselburgh 06/03/2007 12:13:55

It's not just West Lothian - I've noticed it frequently in Musselburgh since the new penalties.


 

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