Rejected petition Privatise the policing of mobile phone use while driving

It’s illegal to use a mobile phone whilst driving but there’s insufficient resources to police this law. Every day you can see drivers of all vehicle types using their mobile phones and this includes so called ‘professional drivers’.

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If this was privatised to pass power to private companies to bring prosecutions it would quickly have a marked affect.There have been some high profile cases where deaths have occurred but it still doesn’t get taken seriously.

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Date submitted 17 February 2018
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