Police nab 16 drivers using mobile phones in one day!

THAMES Valley and Hampshire’s Joint Roads Policing Unit have begun a week of activity specifically targeting drivers using hand-held mobile phones, with the aim of drawing attention to the risks posed by being distracted while in control of a vehicle.

The enforcement activity will run until Sunday, January 28, 2018, in line with the National Police Chief Council’s campaign. On motorways in the area today, 16 drivers were caught using hand-held mobile phones.

You can read more about the affect of using a mobile phone while in charge of a vehicle, and the stories of families devastated by the tragic results of such actions (including from the family of one of two people killed by this lorry driver (pictured), who was using a mobile phone)  HERE