Penalty points for truck drivers caught breaking the law will now double

QUOTE:
"Motorists caught using their mobile phones at the wheel face a fine of £150 as part of a Government crackdown on dangerous driving.

The Government's new road safety plan comes after a spate of cyclist deaths prompted concern over lorry drivers who continue to flout the law.

Penalty points for truck drivers caught using their phones will now double in a bid to prevent more deaths on roads."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-150-fine.html

On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 04:05:30 -0800 (PST)
Alycidon wrote:

QUOTE:
"Motorists caught using their mobile phones at the wheel face a fine
of £150 as part of a Government crackdown on dangerous driving.

The Government's new road safety plan comes after a spate of cyclist
deaths prompted concern over lorry drivers who continue to flout the
law.

Penalty points for truck drivers caught using their phones will now
double in a bid to prevent more deaths on roads."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-150-fine.html

That's mostly useless without more effective enforcement.

Alycidon wrote:

"Motorists caught using their mobile phones at the wheel face a fine of
£150 as part of a Government crackdown on dangerous driving.

The Government's new road safety plan comes after a spate of cyclist
deaths prompted concern over lorry drivers who continue to flout the law.

Penalty points for truck drivers caught using their phones will now
double in a bid to prevent more deaths on roads."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-150-fine.html

You (cyclists, plural) should send an open letter to the Prime Minister and
the Transport Secretary: either the police and courts start to enforce the
law, or else cyclists will have to do it for them.

--
john smith |MA (Hons)|MPhil (Hons)|CAPES (mention très bien)|LLB (Hons)
'It never gets any easier. You just get faster'
(Greg LeMond (1961 - ))

On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 02:43:26 -0000, Rob Morley wrote:

On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 04:05:30 -0800 (PST)
Alycidon wrote:

QUOTE:
"Motorists caught using their mobile phones at the wheel face a fine
of £150 as part of a Government crackdown on dangerous driving.

The Government's new road safety plan comes after a spate of cyclist
deaths prompted concern over lorry drivers who continue to flout the
law.

Penalty points for truck drivers caught using their phones will now
double in a bid to prevent more deaths on roads."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-150-fine.html

That's mostly useless without more effective enforcement.

There are many more inattentive car drivers doing this. That is what needs
clamping down on.

--
Bah, and indeed, Humbug

On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 21:28:17 -0000
"Kerr Mudd-John" wrote:

On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 02:43:26 -0000, Rob Morley
wrote:

On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 04:05:30 -0800 (PST)
Alycidon wrote:

Penalty points for truck drivers caught using their phones will now
double in a bid to prevent more deaths on roads."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-150-fine.html

That's mostly useless without more effective enforcement.

There are many more inattentive car drivers doing this. That is what
needs clamping down on.

I think car drivers are less likely to drive over cyclists or
pedestrians at low speed while being totally oblivious to their
presence, in the way that HGV drivers seem to manage too easily.