Clampdown on mobile phone law flouters
Wednesday 26th May 2010, 10:32AM BST.
Nearly 500 drivers were caught using a mobile phone in Mid and West Wales during a month-long police clampdown, officers revealed today. The worst offenders were men over 25.
The initiative during April saw 2,000 motorists stopped across the whole of Wales and reported for the offence.
The first All Wales Anti-Mobile Phone Driving Campaign sought to raise awareness of the dangers of breaking the law by phoning or texting at the wheel.
Dyfed-Powys Police Chief Inspector Ian Thomas said: “Research indicates that drivers are four times more likely to crash while driving and using a mobile phone.
“Obviously there is an element among the motoring public that continue to put themselves and others at risk by driving while using a handheld device.
“We would encourage drivers to switch off their phones whilst driving – no phone call is so urgent that it requires you to answer it and put yourself and others at risk.”
Officers detected a total of 1,949 mobile phone driving offences across Wales with 498 notices given in the Dyfed-Powys force area.
Results show that men over the age of 25 were the worst culprits, receiving 54 per cent or 1,045 of the fixed penalty notices issued during the campaign.
Men under the age of 25 came in second, receiving 375 fixed penalty notices, followed closely by women aged over 25, who were given 339.
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