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Mobile phone threat highlighted by What Car - 26/09/2007
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Industry source What Car has highlighted the need to refrain from mobile phone use while driving.
Citing research from car insurance firm Direct Line, What Car says that the average reaction time for someone talking on their mobile phone is 30 per cent slower than somebody driving on the legal alcohol limit.
As the research measures driver concentration, the figure is not changed if the motorist is using a legal hands-free kit to make the calls while in motion.
What is more, this figure rises to 50 per cent if the driver is sober and not using the phone, the study suggests.
Given the prevalence of mobile phone use in cars, the research is worrying for car insurance firms and drivers alike.
Much publicity was given to this issue earlier in the summer, when 19-year-old Durham driver Rachel Begg was jailed for the death of a grandmother in a 70mph road accident.
It emerged in court that she had been sending a text message at the time of impact.
Jools Townsend of road safety charity Brake, reacting to the court's verdict, said: "Rachel Begg will probably be free in just two years.
"A woman has lost her life and a family has been devastated by her violent and sudden death, all for the sake of sending a text message."
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