
INFO LE FIGARO - While 3,515 people lost their lives on the roads in 2025, the government wants to toughen up its response to the widespread use of telephones while driving.
The Ministry of the Interior is generalizing the suspension of driving licenses in the event of using the telephone while driving, a measure detailed in Le Figaro by the Minister Delegate Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, while 3,515 deaths were recorded on the roads in 2025.
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The government is strengthening sanctions against the use of telephones while driving in the face of the number of deaths on the roads.
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