In the UK, being in control of a vehicle, whilst on the mobile phone now incurs a more severe penalty. There is a £60 fine and your driver's license will be endorsed with 3 points. Ultimately, it can lose you your license. Talking on a mobile phone takes your mind of the road, and you are not able to concentrate properly. The chances of becoming involved in an accident are shown to increase fourfold. Fatal accidents have already happened because people were on the mobile, fiddling with it - or doing other things whilst at the wheel. Changing the station on the car radio, changing a CD or tape, arguing with passengers, reading a map. Among others.
Very good ! It should be that way in the U.S. too. I've seen more near misses because of drivers talking on their cell phones. A friend's elderly brother was recently hit in a bank parking lot by a teenage girl, driving crazy thru the lot having a fight with her boyfriend on her cell phone. She told the police she didn't even see him and it happened in broad daylight. Linda in Washington state
ReplyDeleteI can always tell of someones on a cell by the way they are driving. I do wish they'd outlaw it here.
ReplyDeletePam
Well alrighty. Love it.
ReplyDeleteJulie
I agree with this Guido. I don't have a mobile phone or a car but I've seen bad driving caused by people talking on mobiles. Jeannette xx
ReplyDeleteI so wish they would make this law here too...
ReplyDeleteLinda :)