Do you drive distracted? Are you a motoring multi-tasker? Brake are calling on drivers to turn off their mobile phones as part of their Road Safety Week initiative, alikening the potential effects of using your phone at the wheel to those of drink driving - what do you think to this?
RAC's head of external affairs Pete Williams said: "Turning off your mobile phone if it is not connected to a hands-free device is the right advice to remove any temptation to answer or use your phone. But it is not illegal to use your phone if you have a hands-free kit installed in your car and such devices are used safely by millions of UK drivers on a daily basis. Holding a phone and talking or, for that matter texting, when driving is adding a massive physical distraction and impediment to being fully in control of your vehicle."
Read the news piece in full here: http://www.rac.co.uk/advice/motoring...mobiles-brake/
And find out how you can get involved with Road Safety Week here: http://www.roadsafetyweek.org.uk/com...k-the-campaign
RAC's head of external affairs Pete Williams said: "Turning off your mobile phone if it is not connected to a hands-free device is the right advice to remove any temptation to answer or use your phone. But it is not illegal to use your phone if you have a hands-free kit installed in your car and such devices are used safely by millions of UK drivers on a daily basis. Holding a phone and talking or, for that matter texting, when driving is adding a massive physical distraction and impediment to being fully in control of your vehicle."
Read the news piece in full here: http://www.rac.co.uk/advice/motoring...mobiles-brake/
And find out how you can get involved with Road Safety Week here: http://www.roadsafetyweek.org.uk/com...k-the-campaign
