Traffic Commissioner Cuts Starting Point in Half for Mobile Phone Conviction at Driver Conduct Hearing

This driver, represented at his driver conduct hearing by barrister Harry Bowyer, looked at his phone when a text came in. He had an exemplary driving record and was dealing with his terminally ill mother at the time and was expecting bad news. The Traffic Commissioner accepted that this was a one off in circumstances that would not arise again. He was satisfied that the driver and his employers had put in systems to stop any repeat and imposed a 14 day suspension instead of the 4 week starting point proposed in the Senior Traffic Commissioner’s Statutory Guidance.