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Video released to highlight dangers of hands-free mobile phone use
A video resource, grounded in behavioural change theory, has been developed to help reduce the use of hands-free phones by professional drivers, by debunking the myth that it is safer than using a hand-held device.
Top road safety figures back research into the dangers of hands-free phone use while driving
The UK’s roads policing lead and the CEO of The Road Safety Trust are supporting the findings of an Open University educational project highlighting to police that hands-free phone use while driving is no safe alternative to hand-held use.
Research team issues new phone warning for drivers: legal doesn’t equal safe
Researchers from the University of Keele are reminding drivers that using a phone hands-free at the wheel may be legal, but this doesn’t make it safe.