British police takes smartphone space after accident

Posted on 29-07-2014 at 9:20 by CasperH – 42 Comments”

In England the police after an accident, the smartphones of the people involved in occupy to see if one is not under driving the thing was working.

It is not rocket science: the smartphone is a big security risk in traffic. Social media, email and other distractions on the phones of nowadays can make a driver quite deduce from that where he or she is actually doing: driving safely. Half of all young people in the Netherlands, it seems that the smartphone behind the wheel. Also in the Netherlands it is a problem, research SWOV estimates that up to 25% of the accidents distraction plays a role. In total, that would amount to dozens of deaths per year.

The problem is in England now so large that the government (along with the publication of shocking campaigns will police the contract gives to the smartphones of the people involved in an accident take place. The phones are then read to see if the drivers are distracted by their cellphone.

Sounds like a very smart move but at the same time, this system is of course anything but waterproof. So shine children more distracting than cell phones, but they are not seized. Personally I don’t use my passenger feel free to my phone or the navigation to set up as I do driving am. But in the case of a travelling driver, it is of course quite easy to determine if the smartphone is left alone. The only thing left is the difficult tip “privacy”, of course…

What check you behind the wheel on your smartphone?

Source: BNR