Responding to a report from the Commons Transport Select Committee, calling for tougher actions to tackle driving while using a mobile phone, Laurenz Gerger, Motor Policy Adviser at the Association of British Insurers (ABI), said:
“A substantial body of research shows that using a mobile phone – whether hand-held or hands-free – while driving is a significant distraction and substantially increases the risk of the driver crashing.
"Mobile phone use while driving should be as socially unacceptable as drink driving. The ABI welcomes the Transport Select Committee’s report and any initiative that improves road safety and has the potential to save lives.”