Background Information
The dangers of cellular phones to road safety are well debated and documented. It is an offence to hold and use a cellphone or other electronic communication device such as BlackBerry, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) etc whilst driving. The only defense for a person charged with this offence would be where the driver has made a genuine emergency call when it would have been unsafe to stop driving to make the call.
These dangers can be summarized in short with the following notes:
It must be kept in mind that the driver's first responsibility is the safe operation of the vehicle.
A driver may be charged if erratic driving or a collision results from inattention, regardless of what else may be going on.
The risks posed by the cellular phones emanate from the distraction of thinking about the conversation, not only the distraction of physically handling or looking at the device.
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