Transport Select Committee: Road Safety Enquiry on the use of mobile phones

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In this week’s Transport Select Committee session on road safety and the use of mobile phones, the committee took evidence from a panel including Dr Gemma Briggs, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Open University, Dr Shaun Helman, Chief Scientist, Transport Research Laboratory and Nick Lyes, Head of Roads Policy, RAC.

Huw asked about lack of enforcement of penalties and the potential for new technology to tackle mobile phone usage.

Watch the session here: http://tiny.cc/yw157y 

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Bexhill and Battle is connected to the rest of the country by two main trunk roads – the A259 (linked to A27) and the A21. Both these roads are managed by National Highways and are almost entirely single carriageway throughout the constituency and the rest of East Sussex. Major road infrastructure improvements are needed in our area if we are to create a safer road network and increase the flow of investment in jobs, businesses and housing in our community.

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