Driving licence seized for 1st phone use

(ANSA) - Rome, February 20 - Italian police told parliament Wednesday that driving licenses should be seized after the first use of smartphones causing a crash and not as at present the second one.
    The main cause of car accidents, said Polstrada chief Santo Puccia, "is distraction, and the improper use of smartphones or other devices is the top cause of distraction".
    Today, he said, license are only confiscated when there is a recurrence of the offence "and this has been shown not to be effective in terms of deterrence".
    Puccia was reporting to the Lower House transport committee.