"British lorry drivers undergo much more rigorous testing and monitoring than their European counterparts, experts insist.
The majority of UK haulage firms ask employees to sign a declaration, promising not to use technology when they are at the wheel.
Drivers risk losing their jobs if they are caught or seen on a phone.
But many foreign firms whose drivers travel to the UK do not ask for the same declaration.
Foreign lorry drivers are also free to drive in the UK without taking a test here.
The claims of lax testing standards elsewhere in Europe came after former England footballer Gary Lineker criticised the Daily Mail’s front page yesterday for singling out foreign drivers using mobiles at the wheel.
He tweeted: ‘Would never condone using a phone whilst driving, but to suggest it’s only foreigners is just so horribly wrong.’
Lineker last month faced a barrage of criticism for tweets branding as ‘hideously racist’ anyone daring to question the ages of young men arriving in Britain from the Jungle camp in Calais.
Mick Horton, owner of a British HGV training company, said: ‘The practical tests abroad are definitely not as rigorous or to as high a standard as here... in some EU countries they are only 20 minutes or half an hour.
'It means there will be sub-standard drivers on our roads, which is dangerous.’ "
Typical moron argument. Daily Mail never claimed that only foreigners use a phone while driving, they suggest that foreign lorry drivers are more likely to use phones while driving due to less rigorous tests.
Another straw man argument by one of the morons.
