F&I Management & Training

MOTORISTS who smoke while at the wheel are to be targeted for the first time by police as a potential threat to safety on the roads.Bernard Lawson, acting deputy chief constable of Merseyside Police, has told his officers that they will be expected ‘to be on the look-out’ for smoking motorists.Those caught could face an on-the-spot £60 penalty or prosecution either for driving without due care and attention or for failing to control their vehicles.The announcement comes after the inclusion of smoking in the recently published updated edition of the Highway Code as a potential hazard to safe driving.

DATED: 15.11.07

FEED: HC