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it's been illegal to use a hand—held phone at the wheel since 2003 but the commons transport committeeion". 0ur transport correspondent, tom burridge, has more. talking... 0n the move, hands—free is, for many, second nature. talking... 0n the move, hands—free is, for many, second naturelj talking... 0n the move, hands—free is, for many, second nature. i use my phone all the time on hands—free. because i'm conducting business, talking to the family and let them know what's for dinner tonight, darling? it is convenient to be able to talk on the phone if you're on a long journey. but a group of mps says the government should consider banning all mobile phone use at the wheel, including hands—free.” banning all mobile phone use at the wheel, including hands-free. i have lost a brother, my mum has lost a son, his wife lost a husband, his kids have lost a bad. every single family member, it is hard. lee martin was killed by a driver who was texting at the wheel. his brother darryl agrees that hands—free telephoning should be illegal too. if there was a complete and utter band you cannot plea

the commons transport committee warns current laws are giving the misleading impression that the devicesmber of deaths and serious injuries in accidents involving drivers using phones at the wheel. our transport correspondent, tom burridge reports. use your phone at the wheel and you can get a £200 fine and six points on your licence. the government toughened the law two years ago, but in a report out today, mps on the transport select committee say it's still an insufficient deterrent. the number of people killed or seriously injured in an accident where a driver was using a phone has been rising steadily in recent years. in 2009, 15 people were killed in accidents where a driver was using a phone. four years later, that figure had risen to 26. and by 2017, 43 people had died in accidents involving a phone. today's report by mps says the police are not enforcing the law. the number of penalties issued in the past eight years has fallen by two—thirds. so the mps want the government to consider banning all use of phones at the wheel even on hands—free, and they say the law should be simpl

the commons transport committee warns current laws are giving the misleading impression that the devicess after a steady rise in the number of deaths and serious injuries in accidents involving drivers using phones at the wheel. our transport correspondent, tom burridge reports. use your phone at the wheel and you can get a £200 fine and six points on your licence. the government toughened the law two years ago, but in a report out today, mps on the transport select committee say it's still an insufficient deterrent. the number of people killed or seriously injured in an accident where a driver was using a phone has been rising steadily in recent years. in 2009, 15 people were killed in accidents where a driver was using a phone. four years later, that figure had risen to 26. and by 2017, 43 people had died in accidents involving a phone. today's report by mps says the police are not enforcing the law. the number of penalties issued in the past eight years has fallen by two—thirds. so the mps want the government to consider banning all use of phones at the wheel even on hands—free, and t

but the commons transport committee says using a hands free device creates "the same risks of collisionture. go i use my phone all the time on hands—free. because talking to the family. letting them know what's for dinner tonight. it is convenience, to be able to talk on the phone, if you're ona able to talk on the phone, if you're on a long journey. a group of mps said they should consider banning all phone use at the wheel, including hands—free.” all phone use at the wheel, including hands-free. i have lost a brother, wife has lost her husband, every single family event you have is not an event any more. lee martin was killed by a driver, his brother agrees that hands—free phoning should be legal too. if agrees that hands—free phoning should be legaltoo. if there agrees that hands—free phoning should be legal too. if there was a com plete should be legal too. if there was a complete and utter ban, which is make it, it is a simple solution, to stop using your phones. when we have a conversation, we visualise what we're talking about, if i'm talking to my wife about the kids, even on ha

nps on the commons transport select committee say using technology such as car speakerphones or bluetoothding a phone. kate goldsmith‘s daughter aimee died alongside three others when a lorry driver crashed into their stationary car. the driver was looking at his phone while he was driving and was jailed for ten years. kate now campaigns against people using their phone behind the wheel. we can speak to her now the webcam. kate, welcome. thank you very much for talking to us. i know this is something you are incredibly committed to seeing happen. what do you make of this recommendation from these mps? it is definitely a really good thing we are talking about it again. the only thing is we keep talking about it but not actually doing any action, and the law is ambiguous. we need to sort that out. what sort of devices would you say it is ok to have in use while you are driving? well, you know, none, really, but that's not reasonable, according to some, so, you know, there has to be a really strict understanding that you just shouldn't be fiddling with anything whilst you are driving your ca

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an influential committee of mps says the government should consider banning drivers from all mobile phone use, including hands—free devices. the commons transportupdated, as hands—free phones arejust as dangerous while you drive, as actually holding a phone. here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge. if you're caught using your phone at the wheel, you can get a £200 fine and six points on your licence. the government toughened the law two years ago. but in a report out today, mps on the transport select committee say it's still an insufficient deterrent and they say maybe using your phone on hands—free at the wheel should be illegal too. darrell martin's brother lee was killed aged 48 by a driver who was texting at the wheel. darrell supports a ban on hands—free. the bloke that killed him was driving in a van at 60 miles an hour, and was writing a text message. it was a series of text messages and he was travelling about 30 seconds when he couldn't see my brother on a dual carriageway. he was cycling a time trial on the road. and hejust wiped my brother out at high speed. i don't think there's any reason to be using your phone at all in