Reply:
(c)
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if the answer to (a) is in the affirmative, whether the Administration will consider introducing legislation to ban the use of mobile telephones while driving motor vehicles?
Mr President,
(a)
(b)
(c)
The Administration does not have data on the frequency of use of car phones by drivers. Police investigations into traffic accidents have concluded that the use of mobile phones whilst driving have been a contributory cause of accidents on only 2 to 3 occasions each year. Details are annexed.
The Administration will continue to monitor the situation and seek relevant information, including research and other studies, from overseas
sources.
The Administration has no plans to legislate to ban the use of mobile telephones by drivers. However, motorists may be prosecuted for careless driving if the use of a mobile telephone is proven to have caused a traffic accident.
The Road Users' Code advises drivers to stop their cars at a safe place if they need to use their mobile phones. This message is also repeated in on-going road safety publicity programmes and, for example, has also been included in the Road Safety Quarterly and in the leaflet "Safety Tips for Road Users".
Accidents caused by the Use of Mobile Phones whilst Driving
Accidents
1991
1992
1993
1994
Fatal
0
0
0
0
Serious
Slight
NO
0
0
1
1
2
3
1
2
2
3
2
نيا
3
Total
End/Wednesday, May 3, 1995
Annex