Handheld mobile phone use at the wheel ‘getting worse’
Across all age groups, a quarter (25%) of drivers – the equivalent of 10 million people – admit to illegally making or receiving calls while driving, compared to 24% in 2017, new RAC figures suggest. Frighteningly though, the research for RAC Report on Motoring reveals dramatic rises in the proportion of younger working-age drivers admitting to using a phone illegally in 2018. Drivers in the 25 to 34 and 35 to 44 age groups admit to a range of dangerous activities [...]