Mother backs campaign tackling mobile phone use when driving
Lisa Thomas' daughter Laura died when a lorry driver ploughed into a car, which flew over a safety barrier and hit her.
Mobile phone use to become biggest killer on roads
Figures from the Department for Transport suggest mobile phone use in cars will be the biggest killer on the roads in 2015.
Police in the West Midlands are cracking down on the problem with a two week campaign starting next Friday, with the help of a mother whose daughter died when a driver was using his phone.
Sion Hathaway, from the Central Motorway Police Group says it is a massive problem.
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