Fatal crash caused by hands-free driving
A haulier was jailed yesterday for causing a fatal crash whilst using a blue tooth handsfree whilst driving. The drive was so engrossed in converstation that he hadn’t realised the traffic ahead had come to a stop and ploughed into the back of stationary traffic killing one pasenger.
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) called for an outright ban on any use of mobile phones whilst driving whether handsfree or not.
The Department of Transport’s official stance making hands-free phone calls is that they are a “distraction” and should be avoided.
Government-funded Transport Research Laboratory has found that even hands-free phone calls make drivers four times more likely to have an accident, with concentration levels reduced for 10 minutes after the call has ended.
The maximum sentence for causing death by dangerous driving is 14 years