Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 73895

Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Phones

Tabled: 1 September 2025
Answered: 9 September 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) introducing penalties for certain uses of a mounted device while driving and (b) updating the guidance entitled Using a phone, sat na

Answer

Simon Lightwood
My department is developing our Road Safety Strategy and will set out more details in due course. My department keeps the law under review but has not made an assessment of the penalties for the use of a mounted device while driving, or of updating the gu...
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