A call has been issued to tighten up Highway Code rules for mobile phone users.
A new regulation came into force last month that means any drivers caught handling their mobile phone behind the wheel could face a £200 fixed penalty notice and six points on their licence. This also includes being stationary in traffic, such as at traffic lights or motorway queues - and drivers are only exempt from the new rule if they are making an emergency call.
However, a Conservative peer has questioned why the rule only applies to motorists and not other road users. Baroness McIntosh of Pickering opened a debate in the House of Lords on Wednesday and said she had been using a pedestrian crossing near Parliament earlier in the day when a cyclist approached with “one hand bicycling and one hand on [his] mobile phone” - as Wales Online reports.
