In a recent survey, a third of motorists, or nearly 12 million, admitted making calls behind the wheel in the last year without using a hands-free system Jonathan Brady/PAThe number of drivers stopped by police for using a mobile phone has nearly halved in four years, despite a sharp rise in offending. A recent survey suggests a third of motorists, or nearly 12 million, admitted making calls behind the wheel in the last year without using a hands-free system but only 94,000 were stopped by police in 2015/16. The figure is down from 178,000 in 2011/12 and comes despite warnings that the offence has become an epidemic. Fewer drivers are being caught due to dwindling numbers of traffic officers, with fewer than 4,000 now on the roads, the…

Source: The Times September 28, 2016 07:52 UTC