DRIVERS want to see tougher laws on mobile phones.

That was one of the outcomes of a major survey by Huddersfield road safety charity Brake, out today.

It found that legislation on using hand-held mobile phones while driving was not adequately enforced and did not go far enough.

The survey comes only days after the Examiner exclusively reported on the shocking number of drivers in Huddersfield still using phones at the wheel.

Three years after the ban was brought in the survey by Brake and breakdown service Green Flag found that drivers still showed shockingly little respect for the law.

Key findings of the survey were:

* More than one-third of drivers (36%) admitted illegally using a hand-held mobile while driving, with one in seven doing so once a month or more often.

* Six out of ten drivers thought they had a slim (10%) chance of being caught

* More than half (54%) of drivers want a ban on using hands-free phones while driving

Drivers are right to identify the dangers of talking on hands-free mobile phones.

Research shows that it is the conversation, rather than holding the phone, which is the most distracting element.

Using any mobile phone while driving - hand-held or hands-free - means you are four times more likely to be in a crash.

Government figures showed that 13 people were killed and more than 400 injured in crashes involving drivers using hand-held mobile phones in Britain in 2005.

Brake is calling on the Government to take urgent action to stop the daily carnage on our roads by adding roads policing to the four National Policing Priorities.

The group also wants police to be given the resources they need to use the mobile phone law effectively - and save lives.

Brake is also calling for the Government to start listening to the public and ban the use of hands-free mobile phones while driving.

Brake chief executive Mary Williams aid: "Driving is the most dangerous activity most of us do on a daily basis. It requires complete concentration.

"Mobile phones continue to cause deaths and injuries on our roads.

"It is time the Government took steps to ensure the law is properly enforced, and to extend the ban on using mobile phones while driving," she said.