You can be wired for sound. You can have a speaker system but do not hold it to your ear for a chat. And, you should not text whilst on the move or read an incoming text.
Now to me this seems as sensible as you can get.
Using a mobile phone removes your mind partially if not totally from your immediate environment.
Only recently - the case is ongoing - a man was killed as he ?stepped out in front of a van? whilst chatting on his mobile. Even if the investigation shows otherwise there are plenty of other cases that have proven such events. My thoughts do go out to the aforementioned chap's family and friends and those involved in the collision.
If you can not concentrate enough under your own steam then what chance you concentrating whilst driving?
This is one of my big soap box issues and my writing this now has been prompted by one of the most stupid acts i have seen concerning mobile phones. Now i have seen drivers of cars, vans, coaches (with passengers) and articulated HGVs using mobiles attached to their ears. And half of them have had a passenger perched beside them! FFS!
This latest one was a driver of a silver Ford Fiesta passing by a primary school in a 20mph zone at kicking out time. I had just moved off from having been stopped at the zebra crossing to let a family cross. His window was open, he was enjoying the sun, the company
of a female passenger and a chat on his mobile!But for further safety issues i would've taken his number plate details and passed them on to the police.
There is ONE instance when you are legally allowed to use it whilst a driver on the move. When you believe you are being followed by a potential assailant and you are informing the police whilst heading for the nearest safe place or your local open police station.
Otherwise, DO NOT DO IT! It really is not worth it. We managed perfectly well without having phones glued to our ears for decades during the existence of the the internal combustion engine.
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