COPS in Cape Town, South Africa, have started to confiscate mobile phones being used by drivers.

The action by police follows the introduction of a new law which states that phones can only be used on a car with a hands-free kit and anyone caught using their phone will have it confiscated. The phone-using driver is given a 500 Rand (approx £45) fine and can only get the phone back by reporting to a police station 24-hours later.

City officials brought in the new law, saying they were fed-up with fining 8,000 drivers a month without seeing any change in their behaviour.

One of the first offenders to be caught, Jason Hill, told Reuters: "We are South Africans, you know. We are always going to use the device and be on the lookout for cops. It's just the way we are."

Isn't it about time we had something like this in the UK?

