Total ban for mobile use in cars

Transport ministers around the country are considering to impose a complete ban on using mobile phones in cars according to an article written in the SMH. Reports from State transports have noted a high increase in accidents and offences committed by drivers using their mobiles.

Last financial year almost 50,000 drivers were fined more than $11 million for calling, texting, reaching, even touching their phone while driving - more than double the number fined six years ago. The aim is to reduce annual road deaths by 30 per cent during the next decade.

The draft, which federal and state ministers are reviewing, stated: ''There is evidence to support bans on all mobile phone use while driving.'' The federal parliamentary secretary for infrastructure and transport, Catherine King, said on average 1500 people died on Australian roads each year.

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