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A major road-safety is under in Britain to get hands-free mobile phones banned. The charity Brake is also calling for to switch off their phones while driving. The group said the for calling or texting while the wheel should also be increased by up to , to around $1,600. This is to provide a deterrent than the current penalty of $160. Brake's follow a revelation that more than 575,000 British drivers had points on their driving licence for using their phone. A spokeswoman for Brake said: "We're living in an when being constantly connected is the norm. More and more of us have smartphones, and find it hard to switch off, for a minute."

Britain's Department for Transport said that road safety was a "top ", it had "no plans to change the law around the use of hands-free ". It added that all penalties were being "kept under to ensure they are appropriate". Brake said: "While there are benefits to this new technology, it's also dangerous temptations to drivers to divert their concentration away from the task at hand, often putting our most vulnerable road in danger." It added: "Many people who wouldn't dream of drink-driving are to using their phone and other distractions while driving, oblivious that the effect can be similar and the consequences just as ."

 


 

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