Daily Mirror

6,000 break phones law twice in 4yrs

- BY MARK ELLIS Transport Correspond­ent

SOME 6,262 drivers have been caught twice in four years breaking the law that bans using a mobile phone at the wheel.

Safety experts warned the number showed some motorists thought they would not get caught and ignored the law.

More than 400 had three endorsemen­ts, 20 had four and three had five, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency said.

Just 309 were disqualifi­ed for not being in full control of their vehicle.

The RAC said repeat phone offenders felt there was “little chance of seeing a traffic police officer”.

Charity Brake said: “Six thousand in the past four years is truly staggering and makes a mockery of the points system.”

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