Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, UK, April 15th 2016. It’s illegal to ride a motorcycle or drive any other vehicle while using a hand-held phone or similar devices. A couple taking “selfies” while driving their Volkswagen Camper Van along the Kingsway West Dual Carriageway earlier today in Dundee. Credit: Dundee Photographics / Alamy Live News.
As many as a third of young British drivers have taken a ''selfie'' while at the wheel, according to a survey. Such dangerous driving behaviour is worse among young Britons than among any of six other European countries, the survey from the Ford Motor Company showed. The survey, of 7,000 smartphone users aged 18-24 across Europe, also showed 25 per cent had used social media sites behind the wheel, with male drivers the worst offenders. Snapping a selfie at the wheel could distract a driver for 14 seconds, while checking social media distracts for as much as 20 seconds - long enough, at 60mph, to travel the length of five football pitches. Mobile phone use has been a problem for some time and there’s not been enough action to tackle it. Using a hand-held phone or texting while driving must be made socially unacceptable and is no more than a temporary blip to the long-term progress the UK is making in reducing road deaths and injuries."
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Location: Dundee, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Dundee Photographics / Alamy / Afripics
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