Shocking footage shows drivers blatantly flouting rules and using a mobile phone whilst driving - an offence for which more than 900 bans or penalty points were dished out last year alone.
Northumbria Police have released almost two minutes of film in which motorists have been caught texting or taking phone calls behind the wheel, putting their own, and others’, lives at risk.
Each of the irresponsible motorists have since been dealt with either at court or by way of fixed penalty notices – and police are today urging distracted drivers to heed their advice. Some 933 motorists felt the wrath of the force for mobile phone offences in 2022.
