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mobile phone use

1 million motorists fined for using mobile phone - but a third of drivers still admit to doing it

Metropolitan Police Commissioner says getting caught twice should lead to loss of licence

Two week Welsh Police campaign sees 1,000 drivers fined for using phone at wheel

Road Safety Wales tells motorists to "switch off before you drive off"

RAC urges government to provide cash for road safety campaigns in its 2012 Report on Motoring

Spiralling costs also remain a concern for drivers... and one in three would like to see better facilities for cyclists prioritised

Smartphone use at wheel more dangerous than driving while drunk or smoking cannabis, says IAM

Road safety charity urges government, handset manufacturers and social networks to get message across to motorists

Number of motorists fined for using mobiles jumps by a third in last year

But insurer that secured police data under FOI request says only a tiny fraction getting caught

Chicago to ban cyclists from using hand-held mobile phone while riding

No texting or talking will bring bike riders into line with motorists in Illinois…but cycling opinion is divided

RAC Report on Motoring 2011 finds "staggering" growth in use of smartphones while driving

One in four consider use of phone at wheel it to be more serious than drink-driving

Norfolk motorist convicted after using two mobile phones while driving

Driver kept police waiting as he finished call after being stopped, magistrates hear

...And I thought riding in the country was supposed to be safer.

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Tales of horseplay from the fens

Sunday morning rides don’t come much fresher and windier than yesterday and it was after a severe panelling from a headwind that I headed back towards Peterborough Business Airport via Conington Church.

Yes, Peterborough has a “Business Airport”. Its not much but we are proud of it.
But it wasn’t the prevalence of single engine Cessna’s struggling to take off and land in the wind that caused me to stress out on this Fenland bimble. It was the horse rider I gingerly tried to overtake safely with little or no chance.

No chance?