Rejected petition INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR USING A HAND HELD MOBILE PHONE WHILE DRIVING

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The current legislation regarding use of hand held mobile phones whilst driving is clearly inadequate and is not working:
I petition HM Governement to increase the penalty to a mandatory 6 points and £2,500 fine on first offence and one year’s disqualification and a retest

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Date submitted 30 July 2011
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