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Paul Stanway Jr
07-17-2005, 03:32 PM
Mobiles (Cellphones) 'quadruple crash danger'

It is illegal to use a hand-held phone while driving in the UK

Drivers are four times more likely to crash when using mobile phones, even if they use hands-free kits, experts say.
They reached their estimates by looking at the phone bill records of 456 drivers needing hospital treatment after road crashes in Perth, Australia.

In the UK it is illegal to use a hand-held mobile phone while driving.

Read more at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/4672657.stm