BEWARE the 28 per cent of motorists looking at their phone, not the road, warns Exchange and Mart.
New year is the perfect time for drivers to commit to keeping their eyes firmly focused on the road, not their mobiles. This is the warning from Exchange and Mart, after 28 per cent of motorists it surveyed admitted to using their phone while driving. With nearly one in three motorists knowingly flouting the law when it comes to ‘device driving’, the UK’s roads are a hazard for all road users.
Of those motorists who admitted to using their mobile, fi ve per cent said they didn’t believe using a phone was any more distracting than adjusting the air-conditioning or tuning in the radio. The harsh reality is that mobile phone usage by drivers is the second most common cause of road traffic accidents in the UK.