{"id":915,"date":"2016-11-04T20:41:28","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T20:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-red-driving-school.pantheonsite.io\/?p=915"},"modified":"2019-12-19T00:14:12","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T00:14:12","slug":"uk-police-crackdown-mobile-phone-use-behind-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reddrivingschool.com\/2016\/11\/uk-police-crackdown-mobile-phone-use-behind-wheel\/","title":{"rendered":"UK POLICE TO CRACKDOWN ON MOBILE PHONE USE BEHIND THE WHEEL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-37968722 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">BBC<\/a>&nbsp;reported that this week, police forces across England and Wales will be conducting a week-long crackdown on road users found to be using their mobile phones. This comes alongside plans to increase penalty points and fines for those caught using a handset at the wheel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>RED Driving School CEO Ian McIntosh says on the subject; <strong><em>\u201cMobile phone use is a very real problem on Britain\u2019s roads, and I welcome any steps to try and crack down on it. I do a lot of miles on the road and it\u2019s rife; you really do see it everywhere.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong><em>\u201cHowever as much as more police presence on the roads will act as something of a deterrent, there simply are not enough police officers to be able to crack down on a problem of this magnitude.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong><em>\u201cWe need to make using a phone whilst driving socially unacceptable\u2026this is what\u2019s happened with drink driving, and there\u2019s a real stigma around it which is what prevents the vast majority of people off carrying out this crime. This will come not just through police presence, but through harsher penalties for phone use and hard-hitting campaigns which demonstrate how dangerous using your phone can really be.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong><em>\u201cThese days, we really are all glued to our phones, and of course on a long journey it can be tempting to look, but it\u2019s never ok to do so. Turn your phone off or onto silent, and lock it in the glove box, or even better the boot to remove this temptation to look. RED Driving School instructors take great pains to stress the importance of this good habit to our learners, and it\u2019s an attitude we should all have.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;BBC&nbsp;reported that this week, police forces across England and Wales will be conducting a week-long crackdown on road users found&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddrivingschool.com\/2016\/11\/uk-police-crackdown-mobile-phone-use-behind-wheel\/\"> Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UK Police Crackdown on Mobile Phone While Driving | RED Driving School<\/title>\n<meta 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