I am not sure whether to congratulate you or complain about your article "New law on hand-held phones in cars brings confusion" (The Argus, December 2).

On the one hand, it was a good idea to remind drivers of the new legislation.

On the other, your photo implied it is something of a laughing matter.

I don't think the mother of the 11-year-old girl killed as a result of the use of a mobile phone while driving would think it is funny.

Right now, you are doing a wonderful job with your "Do not drink and drive" campaign. Even if it only saves one life, it is worth doing.

However, experts reckon people using handheld phones while driving are even more dangerous than drunk drivers. Imagine replacing the mobile phone in the hand of the driver on your photograph with a bottle. Would it be a laughing matter?

I don't think so. Yet the possible outcome has been proven to be the same. So, please, if you want to be taken seriously, be consistent in your road safety campaign.

With regard to the article itself, I really don't know where the people you interviewed have been.

I do not own a mobile phone and yet I was aware of the new legislation and had totally understood it - and I am not even English. It was reported many times on the news.

Shame also on the police for not enforcing this long-awaited legislation immediately. What are they waiting for - another child to be killed?

When parking restrictions in my area came into force, they were implemented immediately, with no period of grace, on the assumption, quite rightly, that all drivers have the ability to use their brain.

In my view, the police are treating people like idiots and drivers are laughing at the police force. This law has come into force and yet neither side seems to be respecting it.

-Nicole Pendlebury, Hove