UK: 171,000 drivers fined for using a phone behind the wheel

[ via Mail Online ] 30 Dec

Despite warning and heavy fines for using mobile phones during driving, a record numbers of drivers have been caught using their mobile phones behind the wheel in the United Kingdom alone.

As per police record, more than 171,000 were given a £60 fine and three penalty points over the past year – up more than a third on the previous 12 months.

Remember:

‘There is no call important enough to risk your life or that or another road user. Our message to all drivers is switch off your mobile when behind the wheel.’

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Driving in Singapore: When height, not age, would matter

[ via Today Online ] 24 Dec

Come the new year, height, and not age, will determine whether your child has to be in child restraints or use booster seat cushions or adjustable seat belts while travelling in a car, the Singapore Police announced Friday.

The change, which kicks in on Jan 1 but will only be enforced from February, affects anyone below 1.35m tall - even adults. Current rules, which came into force in 1992, stipulate that anyone above the age of eight can use normal seat belts.

Drivers who fail to ensure their passengers adhere to the new rule face a composition fine of S$120 and will be docked three demerit points.

Read more: Today Online

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No Calls in Cars - Even Hands-Free: NTSB Wants U.S.-Wide Cellphone Ban

[ via Mashable ] 14 Dec

If the National Transportation Safety Board has its way, cellphone use of all kinds behind the wheel — from texting down to talking hands-free with a headset — will be illegal in all 50 of these United States, says Mashable.

That was the ruling the NTSB issued Tuesday, in what chairman Deborah A. P. Hersman called “a difficult recommendation, but the right recommendation.” Her five-member board agreed to a new set of guidelines that go far beyond laws that any states have on the books yet.

Systems completely built into cars, such as OnStar, wouldn’t be affected by the proposed ban, the NTSB said. Neither would GPS devices.

Read more about this important news - and also read comments at the end of the full story how people are reacting to the proposed ban.

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