The French government is strengthening the fight against the use of phones while driving by generalizing the administrative suspension of driving licenses. This measure, which now applies to the whole country, penalizes drivers caught with a phone in hand with a suspension ranging from fifteen days to six months. The goal is to reduce the number of road accidents in response to an increase in road fatalities.
Using a phone while driving: the suspension of driving licenses extends across the entire French territory
This article was updated at 08:50.