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What effect will using a mobile phone have on your driving?

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Your vehicle will be harder to steer

Your field of vision will be reduced

Your attention will be diverted from the road

Your vehicle's electronic systems will be disrupted

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Your attention will be diverted from the roadThis was the right answer

Driving today requires all of your attention, all of the time. Any distraction, however brief, is dangerous. This is why it's illegal to use a hand-held mobile phone while you're driving.

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Rule 149Highway Code rule · These question-specific links cover holding a phone, arranging a safe stop and hands-free distraction. The photographed driver is holding the device, and a motorway hard shoulder is not a routine telephone stop.

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