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Driving talking on the phone this with the days told in England
The security forces of Thames Valley and Hampshire, England, are using technology that aims to detect the use of mobile phones behind the wheel. The system comprises two detectors, installed on the A34 motorway in Oxfordshire, costing 6,000 pounds per unit.
The technology was developed in partnership between the two police forces and the company Westcotec. The system does not record images, but identifies 2G, 3G and 4G signals, emitting a warning signal to the driver to stop using the device.
The detector can identify if a Bluetooth hands-free system is being used, not warning the driver in this situation. However, the technology has no ability to distinguish whether the person using the mobile phone is the driver or a passenger, activating the signal whenever it detects activity.
According to BBC News, the technology will be used in a preventive way as a way to educate and sensitize drivers. At the same time, it intends to identify the points where the use of the mobile phone to the steering wheel happens more frequently.
Matt Barber, a Thames Valley police officer, admits that "the system is not foolproof," but considers the positive move to "make the use of mobile phones behind the wheel as socially unacceptable as driving under the influence of alcohol ".
In Portugal, the use of mobile phones at the wheel is penalized but it is frequent, and there has been an increase in the number of fines in the last year. Mundophone