Talking on mobile in car 'worse than drink driving'
News brought to you by Skint Tariffs, providers of price comparison for cheap international calls. While it may be tempting to use an access number to make cheap international calls, people calling friends, family or business associates abroad should avoid using their mobile phone in the car as its effects on driving can be more serious than being drunk, according to scientists.
The British Medical Journal reports that one in ten motorists in hospital as a result of a car accident had been on the phone prior to crashing.
Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson was recently photographed talking on the phone while driving his Mercedes, earning him the scorn of the tabloids.
And, considering that it can be more dangerous to chat at the wheel than drink drive, it seems the scorn is deserved.
A UK Transport Research Laboratory claimed: "Driving behaviour is impaired more during a phone conversation than by having a blood alcohol level at the UK legal limit."
The report also revealed that people between the ages of 21 and 45 had their reactions slowed by 50 per cent when they were using their phones, but by 30 per cent when they were under the influence of alcohol.
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