Outgoing RSA chair Liz O’Donnell has called for use of mobile phones while driving to be ‘stigmatised’
'The challenge now is that activity has moved to our dashboard. You may not have to hold the phone but you can still be YouTubing your way along'
The theme of this year’s conference was driver distraction, with O’Donnell adding that research conducted last year showed 40 per cent of drivers under 35 admitted to checking apps on their phones “at least sometimes while driving”. Dr Kiran Sarma from the University of Galway, who conducted research in the area for the RSA, says drivers who had admitted to using phones said more gardaí on the roads using technology for enforcement would reduce usage, as would higher penalties for those caught.
Prof John Lee, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said while there was no “silver bullet” to eradicating driver distraction, there were device settings on phones that could guide behaviour. For example, on the iPhone, a person can put their settings to ‘Driver’ mode, with text messages and other notifications silenced or limited, and incoming calls only allowed when a phone is connected to a hands-free accessory.
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