The influential American body NTSB wants states in the U.S., the use of phones and mp3 players in the car prohibit. Also hands-free calling in the car can lead to accidents, argues the advisory body.
Only in an emergency would be the mobile phone by the driver of a car may be used, the National Transportation Safety Board, a U.s. advisory body that accidents examine and on the basis of lawmakers recommends. The vast majority of the opinions of the five-member commission is later transposed in legislation.
Also hands-free calling leads to accidents and should therefore be prohibited by the united states, writes the news agency AP. The immediate cause is a collision between a pickup truck and two school buses last year. The 19-year-old driver received 11 texts in the 11 minutes before the crash, where the driver and a student were killed. “Driving was not his only priority,” said one of the five members of the NTSB. “No phone call, no text message and no status update is a human life worth.”
In the Netherlands, hands-free calling is allowed, but should the phone not by the driver to be held in the hand. The rule is generally well maintained: last year, 140.000 directors in the Netherlands a fine for non-hands-free calling in the car. The penalty in the Netherlands is now 180 euros, that is next year 220 euros.