mobile driving ban
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Comment Also, the government's latest surveillance plans have had readers up in arms… and finally the recent calls by Lords to lift the Segway ban in Britain has divided readers… Calls to lift UK Segway ban Let... [22 May 2008]
Whitehall laptop ban hits driving agency performance
News The government ban on the movement of encrypted data triggered a performance slump at the UK's driving safety agency and forced it to temporarily revert from electronic to paper-based processes. The... [04 Apr 2008]
Fall in drivers flouting mobile phone ban
News The ban on using a mobile phone when driving came into force in December 2003 and the latest Ministry of Justice motoring offence figures show 126,768 fixed penalty notices were issued... [04 Dec 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Social networking
Cheat Sheet Ban it? I'm sensing some mobile opportunities. Since social-network-alites are more than likely to be owners of mobile phones, there's immediate potential to hook up hardware and... [15 Jun 2007]
CIO Jury: Bosses back mobile driving ban
News Nine of this week's 12-strong silicon.com CIO Jury IT user panel said they have a policy in place to cover the use of mobile devices on the road by staff - although many already had such guidelines in place before the... [01 Mar 2007]
Mobile driving ban to get your boss in trouble?
News Nearly one in four UK managers could be liable for prosecution if their employees use a mobile phone for work-related calls while driving. Nearly one-third (32 per cent) of employers are not aware of... [28 Feb 2007]
Mobile driving crackdown shifts up a gear
News Driving while using a mobile phone first became illegal in December 2003 and in the 12 months following the ban, 74,000 fixed penalty notices were issued. From Tuesday, the fine for... [26 Feb 2007]
T-Mobile ad 'says using BlackBerry while driving is OK'
News The advertising watchdog, however, agreed with Joe Public, in light of the recent ban on driving while using a mobile phone. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a number... [18 Jan 2006]
20,000 Scots flout mobile phone driving ban
News Scottish police are to launch a crackdown on motorists flouting the mobile phone driving ban after revealing that 20,000 drivers have been caught north of the border since the law came... [17 Oct 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.10.05
Round-Up It's been a while since the whole 'mobile phone driving ban' kicked off on the pages of silicon.com but we're back to that old chestnut again this week after roads minister Stephen... [07 Oct 2005]
Dangerous drivers still ignoring mobile ban
News Drivers in the UK are still flouting the ban on driving while using a mobile phone handset - and the Department for Transport (DfT) is urging them to consider the danger to others and to... [04 Oct 2005]
Mobile driving ban: Drivers know but don't care
News According to the Department for Transport, a total of 26,400 fixed penalty notices were issued by 27 of the 51 police forces in Great Britain during the first 10 months of new mobile phone driving... [31 May 2005]
Fewer than 200 prosecuted under mobile driving ban
News The ban on driving and using mobile phones was introduced in December 2003 and the latest figures from the Office of the Attorney General include all 197 cases nationwide that have been... [09 Mar 2005]
Mobile driving ban: 'Increase the fine'
News Respondents to a silicon.com survey on the issue voted overwhelmingly for stiffer penalties with 36.7 per cent backing a bigger fine and 27.3 per cent backing a mandatory ban from driving. A previous... [24 Nov 2004]
Phone driving ban penalty up to £60
News What do you think of the ban on using mobile phones while driving - is the existing fine enough or should it be raised? Government research shows that the number of drivers using a... [22 Nov 2004]
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