At the moment drivers can be fined, but don't have penalty points added to their licence.
Drivers caught not wearing a seatbelt could be given penalty points.
In a written answer published last week to a parliamentary question, then-transport minister Katherine Fletcher described the figure as “unacceptably high”. A partnership between National Highways and Warwickshire Police is trialling a van with multiple cameras which films passing vehicles to detect occupants not wearing a seatbelt and drivers holding a phone.
“These stark figures underline just how important it is to buckle up in both the front and the rear of the car. “If this technology were to be rolled out alongside introducing points on licences, lives would undoubtedly be saved.”
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