Using A Mobile Phone Whilst Driving

Driving and Talking on the Phone

Do people enjoy taking unnecessary risks? Many of us still do by talking on our mobile phones and driving at the same time. People still don’t understand that they shouldn’t be driving and talking on the cellular phone at the same time.

Many different studies have been made with different results. What these studies do know is that 80% of accidents are caused by distracted drivers, and these distractions only needed to be of about 3 seconds. The problem is that everyone knows that using your cellular while driving is distracting and usually for longer than 3 seconds. Some of the younger generation even sends text messages while driving.  A recent survey indicated that out of 1200 people interviewed, 80% of them had used the cellular while driving.

Do people not understand that even the road safety bill was approved on November 8th of 2006, or are they just ignoring it. Because I still see a lot of people on their mobile phone while driving. They are definetly putting their lifes and the lives of other people at risk.

The New Bill

The first section of the bill that was enforced was the section 26. This covers "requirement in the control of vehicles with regard to mobile telephones…." This section endorses the disqualification of using a cellular phone while driving. Up until now it has been a fixed penalty offence. But now the legislation has added 3 points that penalize your license as well as the fixed fine. 

To make things clear let’s say you get caught using your phone 4 or 5 times, under the new law you could lose your license.

The rest of the law contains measures that are made to reduce casualties and obtain better safety on Britain’s roads.

Some of these other measures are:

•           Prohibiting the use of radar and laser detectors – These gadgets detect speed camera and radar signals and are able to warn the driver that there is radar activity nearby. (this does not affect  GPS devices though)

•           Points against your license for speeding, etc.. The points given depend on how much you were over the speed limit.

Another big change is that this new act  will let the Secretary of State require Drinking and driving offenders to take the driving test again.

There are other parts to the section of the bill that will continue to take effect throughout the year, but you must know that the  mobile phone law is in effect now! So you must be careful. Cellular phone usage while driving in Britain is against the law and drivers need to abide by the sections of the new law. To see more information on this topic and others visit us at http://www.free-mobiles2u.co.uk/