Drivers and hand-held mobile phones: extending the ban won't solve the problem – here's why

By Gemma Briggs, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, The Open University
Helen Wells, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Keele University

The laws around mobile phone use while driving are to be tightened under new UK government plans to make any use of a hand-held phone illegal. From 2022, mobile phone law will be extended to cover taking photos or videos, scrolling through playlists or playing games while driving or stationary, say, at a traffic light. Use of a mobile phone ‘hands-free’, however, will still be allowed – even though research shows it is equally…

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