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New calls have been made for cyclists and users of e-bikes and e-scooters to be banned from using a mobile phone when driving. This has come after a politician's close encounter with a cyclist outside Parliament.
Conservative peer Baroness McIntosh of Pickering has urged that cyclists be prosecuted for the offence of using a mobile phone, as is done when driving a car. This comes soon after reforms to the Highway Code in January including a hierarchy of road users aimed at protecting vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and cyclists from harm.
But former minister Lady McIntosh questioned why Rule 149 of the code, requiring motorists to “exercise proper control of your vehicle at all times” and forbidding use of a mobile phone while driving, did not apply to cyclists and other road users. Cyclists can be prosecuted for careless or dangerous cycling with a fine of up to £2,500.
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She said: “To make my point, as I was walking in on a pedestrian crossing from the London flat to the House today, I was midway across the crossing approached by a cyclist on his mobile phone, one hand bicycling, one hand on the mobile phone, on the wrong side of the road. It wasn’t clear whether he was going to stop or not.
“We see that e-scooters, e-bikes and cyclists are using handheld phones inappropriately and I would like to understand why the Department (for Transport) has not addressed this issue, because that has to be a cause of concern. I think it is even more of a concern when we see what is happening for e-scooters.
"I understand that in the consultation that the Department for Transport did, 72 per cent
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