Hands-free phones ‘just as distracting’

its worse than ever now within half a mile or less of leaving your home you will spot someone on the mobile.its way overdue to increase the penalty and points for this.as for people who do it with there kids in the car how can they be so thoughtless.id double the fine every time caught treble it if kids are in the car.there seems to be a lot who text now too.

Tell me if am wrong.. but don’t some helmets have blue tooth connections, so you can take calls whilst riding, isn’t that just the same, distraction!
Like most riders I also drive a car, I often just let my phone ring till voice mail jumps in, simple. Not all car drivers are Idiots, and it would be nice to see old Bill do more about this on-going trend. Got to go my phone is ringing in my case on the passenger seat , its ok I won’t answer it as I’m typing this on my ” i-PAD”  !
 

I've grown up and have been a grown up for many years. When you've witnessed the attention span of drivers from a 2 wheeled perspective, you will learn that any kind of distraction given to the motorist poses a significant threat to all other road users. Without any distractions the majority of motorists are, at best useless road users, and at worst a death sentence for others.

I drive a car and a ride a bike (as do many others on here). I fail to see the need to use a phone of any kind while driving. Anything that takes your attention away from the road is a danger and a threat to other road users.

It's not the school playground but an observation based on years of experience.