{"id":8750,"date":"2019-06-11T14:23:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T14:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/?p=8750"},"modified":"2019-06-11T14:23:34","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T14:23:34","slug":"uk-transport-committee-investigates-impact-of-mobile-phones-on-road-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/uk-transport-committee-investigates-impact-of-mobile-phones-on-road-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Transport Committee investigates impact of mobile phones on road safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UK Parliament\u2019s Transport Committee is embarking on a series of evidence sessions and short inquiries exploring different areas of road safety where the Department for Transport could make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>The first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/business\/committees\/committees-a-z\/commons-select\/transport-committee\/inquiries\/parliament-2017\/road-safety-mobile-phones-17-19\/\">inquiry<\/a> will investigate the impact of mobile phones on road safety. The Committee will consider:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use of mobile phones by drivers and the risks this poses<\/li>\n<li>The adequacy of legislation relating to mobile phone use by motorists<\/li>\n<li>How enforcement and education around mobile phone use can be improved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cResearch shows that using a hand-held mobile phone impairs driving more than being above the drink drive limit,\u201d said Chair of the Transport Committee, Lilian Greenwood MP. \u201cIn 2017 mobile phone use was a contributory factor in collisions leading to 773 casualties, including 43 fatalities. This is clearly unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe written evidence submitted to our inquiry suggests the use of mobile phones while driving is an issue of real concern. It has been against the law to use a hand-held mobile phone while driving since 2003, but there is still a significant minority of drivers who flout the law and continue to use their mobile phone when they are driving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since April 24, the Committee has published more than one hundred pieces of written evidence covering a wide range of issues from drink drive limits, to the rules which apply to new and novice drivers, and the safety of roadside rescue and recovery workers.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/business\/committees\/committees-a-z\/commons-select\/transport-committee\/inquiries\/parliament-2017\/road-safety-mobile-phones-17-19\/\">View inquiry<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK Parliament\u2019s Transport Committee is embarking on a series of evidence sessions and short inquiries exploring different areas of road safety where the Department for Transport could make a difference. The first inquiry will investigate the impact of mobile phones on road safety. The Committee will consider: Use of mobile phones by drivers and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":8751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}