Citing the recent example made of the bus driver watching videos whilst driving, Paul Hammelmann, the president of Luxembourg Road Safety Association (La Sécurité Routière Luxembourg) has called for stronger sanctions against those using their phones and driving.

When contacted by 5minutes, Hammelmann explained that he had been surprised by two events that occurred this week. The first was that a driver speeding at 104km per hour through Bertrange had been fined and the second was the bus driver caught watching a video whilst driving.

Hammelmann expressed his relief that people had finally been caught doing these things, as they are absolutely unacceptable.

He praised Autobus Stephany, the bus driver's employer, for immediately sanctioning the driver, claiming that a "responsible employer cannot allow such actions to occur." The need for sanctions lies in the fact that the bus driver was not only putting himself in danger, but also risking the lives of his passengers and other motorists.

The Luxembourg Road Safety Association often focuses on the use of phones in the car in their prevention campaigns. Hammelmann explained that this was a normal focus of their campaigns, but warning people against watching videos and driving is certainly a first for the association.

If anything, this behaviour is usually attributed to lorry drivers, as the association has already seen someone cooking chips whilst driving. On the topic, Hammelmann expressed his concern that lorry drivers are perhaps modern slaves as they drive extremely long distances and spend their lives on the road.

Hammelmann revealed that he had spoken the those in charge in the bus sector and it appears that it is increasingly difficult to hire bus drivers in Luxembourg. This is mainly due to a lack of qualifications necessary.

He did make a reassurance that some of Luxembourg's bus drivers are excellent, but clearly the man in the video is not a member of this group.

The penalty for using a phone/tablet whilst driving is €145 and a deduction of two points.

Hammelmann believes this is insufficient, claiming that initially the penalty would have only been a loss of one point, but the Luxembourg Road Safety Association intervened to make it two. In the future, however, he believes the penalty should rise.