Cellphone ban failing in sight of the lawSTUFF New Zealand's road toll for 2017 was the worst for eight years. Police are being accused of ignoring a major cause of crashes as the road toll soars to an eight-year high. MIKE SCOTT/STUFF Acting Sergeant Paul McRoberts issues a ticket to a driver for using a cellphone while driving in Waikato. GRANT MATTHEW/STUFF Police in New Plymouth conduct a checkpoint for motorists using cellphones, and driving without seatbelts, in July 2017. Many developed countries had a similarly increasing road toll, and cellphone use was likely to be just one factor in that.

Source: Stuff January 01, 2018 04:07 UTC