Aussie motorists could soon have their mobile phones confiscated
in a bid to clamp down on distracted driving.
The warning comes as road fatalities reach new heights in the country,
with Western Australia marking 118 deaths in the state this year alone.
Transport officials in WA said
six additional mobile phone detection cameras
should be rolled out by the end of this year.
But as state authorities prepare to meet,
nothing is off the table. That includes drastic measures
such as confiscating phones from repeat offenders
caught using them behind the wheel.
Former Road Safety Council chair Murray Lampard told 9NEWS,
if they had the fear of losing their phone that’s so important to them,
I think they would think twice about using it whilst on the road.
It’s time we actually started to take tough measures
for the tough times ahead. What do you think?