Metropolitan Police deputy chief Pol Maj-General Worasak Noppasitthiporn said: “The police plan to launch a campaign against watching TV and talking on mobile phones while driving in order to cut down on road accidents.”

Worasak said the law prohibiting the use of mobile phones while driving had not been strictly enforced, and police often turned a blind-eye to motorists who watch television.

“The traffic police plan to revise and amend traffic laws that have been in force since 1979,” he added.