| Schools in the UK are being visited by safety | | | | back. Recent advertising campaigns have shown how |
| campaigners in the form of entertainers such as | | | | even this brief call can be fatal so the government is |
| jugglers to warn them of the dangers of not paying | | | | making bold statements on the subject. |
| attention when driving and specifically when using a | | | | Since the introduction of fixed penalty fines of |
| mobile phone. Young drivers are most likely to cause | | | | £60 and penalty points for this offence the |
| accidents by using their mobile phones and their car | | | | number of incidents has reduced by up to 40% in |
| insurance quotes clarify this. | | | | some areas of the country. There are still times on the |
| Juggler, Duncan Ball showed students at Hills Road | | | | road where you will see the driver with their Mobile |
| Sixth Form College that by juggling a wedge of cash, | | | | Phones clamped to their ear but road users have |
| a driving license and a mobile phone they not only risk | | | | noticed the number of cases decreasing gradually |
| losing their license and getting a £60 fine they also | | | | since the penalties had been introduced. |
| risk endangering their own lives and the lives of others. | | | | So what is the safest way to use a phone in a car? |
| Schemes like this have been a part of a £1.5bn | | | | Well technically using the phone in any way provides a |
| effort by the government to educate young drivers | | | | distraction in the same way as having a conversation |
| about the dangers of not concentrating on the road, by | | | | with a passenger does and you should refrain from |
| using a mobile phone whether it is texting or talking, | | | | doing so and only accept calls in emergencies. Many |
| drivers are four times more likely to have a crash and | | | | Mobile Phone Deals now offer Bluetooth headsets so |
| young drivers are the most likely offenders. | | | | the driver doesn't have their hands tied up by their |
| Mobile Phones have become a part of everyday life | | | | phone. A growing number of car manufacturers are |
| and so it's obvious that if the phone rings whilst we're | | | | also adding Bluetooth car kits as standard, especially in |
| driving people are highly likely to try and answer it, | | | | typical company cars so telephone calls are safer. |
| even if just to say they are driving and to call them | | | | |