Ban drivers caught on their mobile: Treat crime like drink driving says captain

Drivers who use mobile phones at the wheel ought to be prohibited from the roads, Britain’s prime traffic officer same yesterday.

Suzette Davenport insisted that an increase in sinning showed abundant more durable punishments were required to discourage the worst culprits.

But she claimed ministers were too petrified of losing votes in May’s election to act against the calculable five hundred,000 motorists who break the law each day.

The Gloucestershire police chief same the absence of correct penalties risked creating it socially acceptable to text or surf the web whereas driving.

The offence of employing a hand-held mobile at the wheel presently attracts solely a £100 fine with 3 penalty points.

Miss Davenport said: ‘If somebody is caught doubly employing a movable among a amount of your time we must always be considering things like disqualifications.

‘If we tend to don’t do one thing basically totally different we tend to square measure reaching to have lost this. 

'I have had those conversations with ministers. i might take a far more durable line in terms of outcomes from social control. The minister doesn’t like my proposal.’

Asked why ministers had rejected her decision, she told the BBC: ‘Probably timing’s not nice. I don’t assume it might be popular countless folks. 

'An election isn't too far-off therefore I’m certain they’re possible|unlikely|not going} to choose up and run with something that they feel isn't likely to be useful to them within the next election.’