From the 1st March, drivers using their phones at the wheel will be doubly penalised; being fined £200 and have six points put on their license.

Journalists, keen to explain the situation to viewers and readers, set off to cover the new rules at a Thames Valley Police organised press event in Abingdon, Oxfordshire on Wednesday morning.

However, one allegedly got caught using their phone while at the wheel, and faced the new penalty while on the way to cover it.

Eagle-eyed journalist Dominic Reynolds from 5 News took a photograph of the incident, writing on Twitter: "Breaking Irony News: a journalist driving here to cover phone/driving crackdown has just been busted: £200, 6pts".