MOBILE phone signals could be blocked while cars are being driven in a bid to prevent motorists using them at the wheel.
Ministers will meet with car manufacturers and mobile companies to discuss how new technology can be used to stop drivers making texts and calls while on the road, The Times reported today.
The paper said that almost one in three drivers admit to having used their phones while on the road in the past year.
Paul Baker, of Witney, is one of a number of people in Oxfordshire to campaign against phone use while driving. His 14-year-old daughter, Liberty, was killed in 2014 by a driver who was using his phone moments before he hit her in Curbridge Road.
Lorry driver Tomasz Kroker was sentenced to 10 years in prison in November for causing death by dangerous driving after he ploughed into a car while changing music on his mobile phone on the A34 near East Isley, killing a woman and three children in August.
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