Scots drivers continue to flout phone law

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE

A SHOCKING 66 people were caught every day last year using a mobile phone while driving on Scotland’s roads.

Over 24,000 drivers were handed £60 Fixed Penalty Notices by Scotland’s eight police forces after driving dangerously.

Road safety chiefs have slammed the figures, recently released under the Freedom of Information Act, as “horrendous” and “alarming”.

The numbers for 2008 have risen by almost a third compared to the previous year’s figures.