200,000 drivers annually are fined for driving under the influence of a phone.
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Last year, 170,000 people just couldn’t wait until they got there to make a call or send a text, causing traffic accidents and showing an absolute disregard for the safety of others, just because the call was too important to miss.
This is the fifth most common road crime and, according to law enforcement numbers. 35,000 additional similar violations have been reported by the Home Office.
New Halfords research reports that nearly half of questioned respondents have admitted to illegally distracting themselves in one form or another with a hand-held device while engaged in the apparently menial task of commanding a ton of plastic and steel down the road at a high rate of speed.
One quarter of those interviewed admit that it’s at least a monthly deal for them. Overall statistics from the Halford study conclude that ten percent more people than last year are finding it irresistible to push “send” while driving.
Official statistics, and surveys, such as the online Halfords one, are suggesting what nobody would have ever guessed: more people than ever could not care less about laws that interfere with their right to search and download an app in heavy traffic.
