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Over 1,300 Drivers Prosecuted Last Year for Using Smart Devices While Driving

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Over thirteen hundred drivers were cited last year for using a cell phone or other smart device while driving. The police say these traffic violations have increased. "We are stopping an average of 95 drivers every single month of the year for being on the phone while driving. And that's just too high a number," says Árni Friðleifsson, assistant superintendent of the traffic department of the police in the capital area. Árni says these violation…
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Over thirteen hundred drivers were cited last year for using a cell phone or other smart device while driving. The police say these traffic violations have increased. "We are stopping an average of 95 drivers every single month of the year for being on the phone while driving. And that's just too high a number," says Árni Friðleifsson, assistant superintendent of the traffic department of the police in the capital area. Árni says these violation…

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RÚV broke the news on Friday, April 3, 2026.
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