Call for drivers to be banned from using mobile phones hands-free - Huddersfield Examiner

Call for drivers to be banned from using mobile phones hands-free Huddersfield Examiner

A call to ban hands free mobile phone use behind the wheel has been launched by a Huddersfield road safety charity. Pressure group Brake is urging a tougher law to prevent ANY use of a mobile phone while driving. The use of a phone behind the wheel was first banned in December 2003 but currently the law allows drivers to make calls using hands-free devices. But Brake says hands-free conversations are just as distracting to drivers, raising the chances of an accident. Anyone who is caught holding or touching their phone at the wheel, even when their car is stopped, can be given six penalty p...