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Danger at the wheel

Carphone Warehouse research suggests that an alarming 70% of people have not changed their behaviour at the wheel following the recent law change regarding driving whilst holding a mobile phone. It can’t be ignorance – 92% of respondents were aware that the law has changed It doesn’t help that less than 1% of those questioned admitted to being stopped by the police for holding a mobile phone whist driving, and despite the change in law which promised tougher penalties none at all had been fined or received three penalty points on their license. The research involved ICM questioning 1,000 UK adults