Careless driving law 'will be ignored like the mobile phone ban'

Plans to crackdown on careless drivers will largely be ignored by road users, it has been claimed.

Adrian Tink, motoring strategist at the RAC, told the Guardian that there are other initiatives designed to protect motorists which are broken by people every day.

One of them is the ban on using mobile phones behind the wheel, with many people feeling that there are simply not enough police officers to enforce it to any great effect.

"Will it be any different to the mobile phone laws which are flouted every day by people who simply don't believe they'll get caught? Without high profile enforcement it will likely remain just a good idea on paper," Mr Tink told the newspaper.

Edmund King, president of the AA, made a similar point, noting that a reduction in traffic police will make it difficult to enforce the new proposals.

The majority of police forces in England and Wales recently signed up to new speeding guidelines meaning drivers will not incur points on their licence if they are caught travelling up to 86mph.

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