Police blitz on speeding, phone use  MORE than 50 Hunter drivers
were caught using their mobile phones while another 50 were
booked for speeding in school zones during a statewide 24-hour
blitz.  Lake Macquarie police have vowed to continue checking
the speeds of motorists within the school zones after 35drivers
were caught over the limit in that police local area command
alone on Wednesday.  Hunter Valley (8), Newcastle (5) and
Central Hunter (4) also fined speeding motorists.  But while
Newcastle motorists may have stuck to the speed limit, they
could not keep their hands off their phones with 30people given
infringement notices.  There were 19 caught with the phones in
the Hunter Valley local area command, five in Lake Macquarie and
two were caught in Central Hunter.  Port Stephens figures were
unavailable.  The statistics were part of the statewide
Operation Compliance 1, the day-long crackdown  in which  nearly
700 were using their phones and 400 were speeding in school
zones.  Traffic and Highway Patrol