UK Tightens Law to Ban Any Hand-Held Mobile Use Behind Wheel

UK Tightens Law to Ban Any Hand-Held Mobile Use Behind Wheel
Traffic passes an Emergency Refuge Area on a smart motorway section in the UK on Jan. 19, 2021. Martin Rickett/PA
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Taking photos or scrolling through playlists with mobile phones while driving will be banned, including when stuck at red lights or in traffic, the UK government said.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the government is “ensuring the law is brought into the 21st century while further protecting all road users” by “making it easier to prosecute people illegally using their phone at the wheel.”