Mobile-related car accidents increase

Link: icBerkshire – Mobile phone road smashes on the up

Despite now being illegal to use your mobile whilst driving in the UK, one police force in England has shown that phone-related crashes have increased.

ACCIDENTS involving drivers using mobile phones behind the wheel have rocketed, according to the latest statistics.

The Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership figures show casualties where the driver was on a mobile rose by almost 44 per cent compared to 2005.