Using Mobile Phones While Driving

Due to the amount of people that rely on mobileover to the side to make a call or to answer
phones for their livelihood, there are far too manyyour cell phone.
people who now use their mobile phones whilst2. If you have a passenger in the car with you,
they are driving, there are dangers associatedwhy not let them take your call and pass the
with doing this. It is inevitable that when you aremessage to you.
dialing a number it is impossible for you to be3. There are many hands free kits that you can
looking where you are going in the car.purchase to allow you to still use your cell phone
Also when you are deep in conversation withand drive.
somebody on the other end of the line, yourRemember though that even a hands free kit can
concentration levels are not what they should be,still affect your concentration levels when driving,
this could be a danger to other road users as wellYou must still be able to concentrate fully on your
as pedestrians.ability to drive, if you must answer an important
There have been many reports on this matter, acall then it is always safer to pull over to the side
lot of people want to ban cell phones in carsof the road and stop your vehicle.
completely, others want to see tougherA number of States have already made it illegal
sentences handed out to all the people that areto use your cell phone while driving, and many
caught using cell phones whilst driving, it isother States are considering the implications of
important that we keep all the safety aspects inthis. You must always be aware of each State
mind. How can we use cell phones while driving?law for usage of cell phones in the car whilst
1. If you are driving on a quiet road, why not pulldriving through those States.