Half Northern Ireland drivers use mobile phones behind wheel: survey BelfastTelegraph.co.uk More than half of drivers in Northern Ireland have used their mobile phone behind the wheel, a survey has suggested. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/half-northern-ireland-drivers-use-mobile-phones-behind-wheel-survey-37866528.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article37867693.ece/0f0e1/AUTOCROP/h342/mobile_phone-stats.JPG Email More than half of drivers in Northern Ireland have used their mobile phone behind the wheel, a survey has suggested. Of the 2,805 adults questioned on their driving habits, 52% confessed to using their phone in some capacity behind the wheel, a Department for Infrastructure report found. This included one in seven people texting while driving (14%) and one in ten (10%) taking a handheld call. Despite this, the vast majority (91%) of those polled said using a phone behind the wheel made drivers more likely to cause a crash, more likely to be involved in a crash (84%) and less likely to notice danger ahead (82%). RAC spokesperson Simon Williams said the consequences of being distracted by your phone while driving could be horrific. “We still hear reports of people using their phone behind the wheel all the time, so things still need to change,” he said. “We need to make using a handheld phone at the wheel, whether that’s texting or talking, just as… Read full this story
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