Drivers could have licences ‘revoked’ in Labour crackdown on this rule break

The Labour Party government could strip licences and give harsher penalties for mobile phone use in cars. RoadPeace has called on the Labour Party government to introduce new zero-tolerance policies as we head beyond Christmas and into the New Year.

Howard Jones, chief executive of RoadPeace, criticised the lenient punishments handed to two Norfolk drivers whose actions resulted in death and life-changing injuries. “The lenient sentences handed down to those who choose to ignore these dangers fail to reflect the true severity of their crimes,” Jones told the BBC.

“Why should someone who has caused death or life-altering injuries through their reckless actions ever be allowed to drive again?” he questioned. Norfolk Police’s Sergeant Callum Walchester warned about the swift consequences of such behaviour.

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He said: “People often think it will never happen to them, but we see all too often how quickly life can change because of this type of offending.” It followed a year in which two motorists were jailed for dangerous driving offences which either proved fatal or resulted in serious consequences for the victim.

The actions of George Taylor, from Pymoor near Ely, left a mum paralysed, while Amber Potter, from Norwich, killed a scooter rider after ploughing into him. “We urge the justice system to fully utilise its powers to protect innocent lives and send a clear message,” Jones pleaded.

Taylor had sent texts, made calls and filmed videos during his journey to college when he crashed his black Volkswagen Golf into a car on the A47 near Norwich. The victim, a mother aged in her 40s, was left paralysed from the neckt down and unable to speak or breathe independently following the crash in 2023.

And Potter was zooming in on a tongue-out selfie she had taken behind the wheel of Vauxhall Corsa when she hit David Sinar, 64, on the A11 in Norfolk in 2021.