In the UK, people caught shining lasers at pilots and bus and train drivers will face harsher punishments if a newly proposed law from the British government is waved through by parliament.

The Department for Transport (DfT) estimates there to be around 1,500 laser attacks on aircraft per year in the country, a crime which comes with a fine of up to £2,500 (~$3,100). However, UK police believe they do not currently have sufficient powers to investigate or prosecute laser attacks on other forms of transportation, and they feel the rules surrounding attacks on aircraft are too limited.

At present, British police looking to charge someone for an attack have to prove that a suspect has endangered the aircraft when shining a laser at it. Under the government’s new proposals, police “will only have to prove the offence of shining the laser.”