According to a suggestion put forward by transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin drivers in the UK using mobile phones while driving could be slapped with six points on their license instead of the current penalty of three points.
“The person using their phone doesn’t realise the damage or the danger they can be in. It ends up ruining different people’s lives – those who are driving as well as those who are injured”, McLoughlin told journalists.
The Transport Secretary added that UK has been lucky as year-on-year rates of casualties and deaths on roads has been decreasing, “But one death is one too many and we need to look at those and see where we are going”
Using a mobile phone while driving has been dubbed illegal in the UK since December 2003 and offenders are slapped with a 3 point penalty on their license along with a £100 fine, which could go up to £1000 if the case is taken to court.
In the latest suggestion alongside a six point penalty, the government is also mulling a ban for those drivers who are caught using the phone twice in three years on top of quite a few other options.
