Mobile phone use while driving: what you can and can’t do

Using your mobile phone while driving is dangerous and can prove expensive in penalties if you get caught.

NSW drivers set to lose 5 demerit points for using mobile phones while driving. Source: Supplied

Taking your eyes off the road, even for two seconds to check a notification on a mobile phone, can prove fatal. A vehicle going at 60 km/h would travel 33 meters while a driver’s eyes are focused on a mobile phone screen instead of the road ahead.

Between 2010 to 2014, there were 236 crashes in New South Wales involving drivers using hand-held mobile phones, according to the NSW Centre for Road Safety. This included seven fatal crashes and 116 injury crashes. 

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