Doctors Want ‘Zero Tolerance’ for New Drivers Using Mobile Phones

Doctors Want ‘Zero Tolerance’ for New Drivers Using Mobile Phones
A file image of a road accident in the city of Melbourne. On average, three people die on Australian roads every day. David Caird-Pool/Getty Images
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Australia’s peak medical body have called for stricter penalties to be applied to new drivers who text or use their mobile phones while driving a vehicle.

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has made the call because distracting mobile phones and other electronic devices, it said, were a major cause of accidents, trauma, and death.