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Individual Report - Belinda Scoote 32004498

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We all know how dangerous it is to use a handheld mobile phone while driving. This is why Australia has laws in place to ensure drivers have control of their vehicle and aren't being distracted on the road.

In Australia, it's illegal to use a handheld mobile phone while driving to:

Here's a closer look at the specific laws surrounding mobile phones and driving in Australia.

Note: The information below is current as of October 2017.

Using a Phone While Driving in Australia:
State by State
*Learners and P1 drivers (and, in some states, P2 drivers) aren't allowed to use a phone in any way while driving. ^In QLD, there are no specific laws for using a phone in a cradle for navigation purposes. **It's illegal in Tasmania to use phone-based maps while driving. You can, however, use a portable navigation device for the same purpose. Skip to:

Using a Phone While Driving in Queensland

In Queensland, full licence and P2 licence holders can only use their phone to make or answer a call or listen to music using hands-free operation, such as Bluetooth, a headset or earpiece, or with their phone in a cradle affixed to the car. Learner and P1 licence holders and motorcyclists are prohibited from using a mobile phone at all while driving.

Texting, emailing, playing games, and taking photos are all illegal while driving, even if the phone is in a cradle. However, the laws around using a maps app in Queensland are unclear.

Drivers (excluding learners and provisional licence holders) can only touch their phone to pass it to a passenger. Otherwise, the phone cannot be touching any part of the driver's body unless they're parked and out of the line of traffic.

Queensland information sourced from:

Using a Phone While Driving in NSW

In New South Wales, a driver can't touch their phone in any way unless the car is parked out of the line of traffic and the engine is turned off. The only exception is if you're passing the phone to a passenger (though this exception doesn't apply to learner or P-plate drivers, who can't use a phone whatsoever while driving).

Full licence holders can only use their phone to make or answer a call or listen to audio using hands-free operation, such as Bluetooth, or with their phone in a cradle attached to the car.

Texting, emailing, playing games, and taking photos and videos are all illegal while driving, even if the phone is in a cradle. Phone-based GPS maps can be used if the phone is mounted in a commercially approved car cradle affixed to the car.

NSW information sourced from:

Using a Phone While Driving in Victoria

In Victoria, it's illegal for full licence drivers to touch their phone or have their phone touching any part of their body, unless they're passing it to a passenger or parked and out of the line of traffic. They can only use their phone to make or answer phone calls or listen to audio using hands-free or loudspeaker operation with their phone in a cradle attached to the car.

Phone-based GPS navigation can be used if the phone is mounted in a commercially approved car cradle attached to the car.

Learner and P-plate drivers and motorcyclists can't use their phone at all while driving.

Victoria information sourced from:

Using a Phone While Driving in NT

In the Northern Territory, it's illegal to use a mobile phone to text, email, play games, or take photos or videos while driving. Learners, P-platers, and motorcyclists are prohibited from using their mobile phones during driving - they must be parked and out of the line of traffic to do so.

Full licence holders can use their mobile phone to make or answer a call or listen to music using hands-free operation (e.g. Bluetooth or a headset) or with their phone in a cradle attached to the car. Phone-based GPS navigation can be used if the phone is mounted in a commercially approved car cradle.

Drivers can only touch their phone to pass it to a passenger, and the phone cannot be touching any part of the driver's body (e.g. resting on the leg) unless they're parked and out of the line of traffic.

NT information sourced from:

Using a Phone While Driving in SA

In South Australia, full licence holders can only use their phone to make or answer a call or listen to music using hands-free operation, such as Bluetooth, or with their phone in a cradle attached to the car. Learners, P1 licence holders, and motorcyclists can't use a mobile phone at all while driving, and must be parked and out of the line of traffic to do so.

It's illegal for any driver to text, email, play games, and take photos while driving. In South Australia, it was previously also illegal to use phone-based maps while driving. However, you can now do so as long as the phone is fixed to your vehicle and you set the destination before you hit the road.

The only time a driver can touch their phone is to pass it to a passenger, and the phone cannot be touching any part of the driver's body unless they're parked and out of the line of traffic.

SA information sourced from:

Using a Phone While Driving in WA

In Western Australia, it's illegal for learners, P-platers, and motorcyclists to use their phone at all while driving. They must be parked and out of the line of traffic to use their phone.

Full licence holders may use their phone to make or answer a call or listen to music using hands-free operations, including Bluetooth, a headset, or an earpiece, or with their phone in a cradle affixed to the car. Drivers can only touch their phone to pass it to a passenger, and the phone can't be touching any part of their body unless they're parked and out of the line of traffic.

It's illegal to text, email, play games, and take photos and videos while driving. Phone-based maps can be used if the phone is mounted in a commercially approved car cradle affixed to the car.

WA information sourced from:

Using a Phone While Driving in Tasmania

In Tasmania, texting, emailing, playing games, and taking photos is illegal while driving. Full licence holders can use their phone to make or answer a call or listen to music using hands-free operation. This might include Bluetooth, a headset, earpiece, speaker, or having the phone in a cradle affixed to the car. Learner and provisional (P1 and P2) licence holders and motorcyclists can't use their phone at all while driving, and must be parked and out of the line of traffic to do so.

In Tasmania, it's also illegal to use phone-based GPS navigation while driving. You're able to use a portable navigation device attached to the car in a cradle for the same purpose, though.

The only time a driver can touch their phone is to pass it to a passenger, and the phone cannot be touching any part of the driver's body unless they're parked and out of the line of traffic.

If you text and drive in Tasmania, you're going straight to jail. Just kidding. But you could be facing a $300 fine and 3 demerit points. And that's not what you want, is it?

Tasmania information sourced from:

Using a Phone While Driving in ACT

In the Australian Capital Territory, it's illegal for learner and P-plate drivers and motorcyclists to use their phone at all while driving; they must be parked and out of the line of traffic to use it. Full licence holders can only use their phone to make or answer a call or listen to music using hands-free operation, or with their phone in a cradle attached to the car.

Texting, emailing, playing games, and taking photos is illegal while driving, even if the phone is in a cradle. In the ACT, it was previously illegal to use phone-based maps while driving. However, this is now allowed if the phone is fixed to your car and the GPS operates hands-free.

It's illegal for the driver to touch their phone or have their phone touching them in any way while driving unless they're passing it to a passenger.

ACT information sourced from:

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Risk factors of mobile phone use while driving in Queensland: Prevalence, attitudes, crash risk perception, and task-management strategies

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Distracted Driving Components
Distracted driving consists of driving while distracted in any manner. While cell phone use is often a part of it, distracted driving also encompasses many other activities, including eating, reading, drinking, talking to other passengers, looking around, adjusting location devices, adjusting the radio or any other activity that takes the driver's attention away from the task of driving. While any of these activities may be involved, texting while driving is usually considered the most serious type of distracted driving because it causes the most types of distraction.

Some types of distracted driving are visual in nature. These activities take the driver's eyes off of the roadway. Others are manual in nature, meaning that they take the driver's hands off of the wheel. Other activities are cognitive. This means that they take the driver's mind off of driving.

Distracted Driving Statistics
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, ten percent of fatal crashes in 2013 were reported as being affected by distracted driving. In the same year, 18 percent of crashes involving injuries were reported as such. A total of 16 percent of all motor vehicle crashes that were reported to police were considered distracted-affected.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in 2013, 3,154 people were killed. Additionally, 424,000 people were injured in crashes involving distracted drivers. This resulted in 8 people dying every day in the United States because of distracted driving and 1,161 people being injured in reported crashes each day.

Seriousness of Distracted Driving
Many lawmakers recognize the seriousness of distracted driving. When a driver is not looking while driving, has his or her hands off the wheel or is mentally focused on something other than driving, the likelihood of being involved in a crash increases dramatically. Some studies have shown that people who text or talk on a cell phone while driving are just as impaired as drunk drivers. Studies have also shown that hands-free and hand-held cell phone use results in approximately the same level of impairment. Distracted drivers often lose seconds of response time that they would have had if they were not distracted, potentially causing them to crash when they could have avoided it or crash at higher speeds than they would have if they were not distracted.

Potential Consequences
Being distracted while driving can result in a number of serious and life-altering consequences. Some of these potential consequences include:

Being Involved in an Accident
A distracted driver is much more likely to be involved in an accident than one who is not. Additionally, distracted drivers are more likely to be involved in serious accidents. This means that they may be injured or even killed. They may also cause other motorists and passengers to be injured or killed.

Criminal Penalties
Distracted driving is specifically outlawed in a number of states. Some states specify prohibitions on using a cell phone while driving or may permit using a hands-free phone. Many states outlaw texting while driving. If a person is caught using a cell phone while driving or engaging in other forms of distracted driving that are prohibited by law, they may face serious fines. Even if they live in a state that does not specifically outlaw the conduct that caused the distraction, they may still be ticketed because of other infractions caused by their distracted driving, such as crossing the center line, driving at erratic speeds or similar conduct.

If they are involved in an accident, they may face more serious criminal consequences, especially if someone was seriously injured or killed.

Higher Insurance Premiums
Insurance rates are tied to a driver's driving history. If he or she receives multiple traffic citations or accumulates too many points on his or her driving record, insurance premiums may spike.

Lost Driving Privileges
If a person accumulates too many points on his or her driving record, he or she may lose driving privileges through a suspended or revoked license.
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Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this publication, it is not intended to provide legal advice as individual situations will differ and should be discussed with an expert and/or lawyer.

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If you are caught using your mobile phone while driving from now on, you will be penalised additional demerit points off your licence.

The NSW Government is continuing to come down hard on drivers who can't keep their hands off their mobile phones with the toughest demerit point penalty for the offence in Australia.

The penalty for illegally using a mobile phone while driving in NSW will increase from four to five demerit points from Monday, 17 September.

From 17 September the demerit point penalty for using a mobile phone while driving will increase from four to five points. In holiday periods, the offence will attract 10 demerit points, up from 8 points.

The fine is not changing and remains $337, or $448 if detected in a school zone.

Last financial year over 40,000 people were fined for using their phones while driving.

From 2012 to 2017, there were 175 crashes involving mobile phones resulting in nine deaths and 50 serious injuries.

Centre for Road Safety Executive Director Bernard Carlon said illegal mobile phone use is a growing problem in NSW and is underreported in road crashes.

At 60km/h, a car travels 33 metres in two seconds, at 100km/h it travels 55 metres.
Centre for Road Safety Executive Director Bernard Carlon

"Last financial year over 40,000 people were fined for using a mobile phone while driving and we know around 25 per cent of drivers in NSW admit to doing it," Mr Carlon said.

"At 60km/h, a car travels 33 metres in two seconds, at 100km/h it travels 55 metres. Take your eyes off the road for a few seconds and you continue to travel, virtually blind.

"Such a short lapse of concentration can have significant and devastating consequences and from 2012 to 2017, nine people lost their lives and 50 people were seriously injured because someone was using a mobile phone while driving."

The Government has already passed legislation to support testing of camera-based technology to enforce mobile phone offences in the future - a world first.

"This will send the drivers of NSW a clear message that using a mobile phone while driving is potentially deadly and will not be tolerated on NSW roads," Mr Carlon said.

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MOBILE phone use at the wheel continues to be one of the biggest problems facing roads authorities, with figures showing the message is still not reaching young drivers.

Experts are urging pedestrians and motorists alike to pay more attention - distraction remains one of the biggest factors behind serious injuries and deaths.

Last year, nearly half of all motorists under 25 are believed to have used their phone illegally, according to research by the Transport Accident Commission.

Its annual Road Safety Monitor report found older age groups were far warier of mobile use while driving.

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But a shocking 45 per cent of drivers aged 18 to 25 confessed to doing so.

Yesterday, the Herald Sun joined forces with the TAC to Save Our Kids - a campaign designed to highlight the hidden toll on Victorian roads.

More than 700 children, teens and young adults have been victims of road trauma in the past decade.

Monash University Accident and Research Centre associate professor Jennie Oxley said distraction, speeding and alcohol were the leading causes of accidents involving young drivers.

"There is lots of research to suggest young people are more distracted by things than older people," he said.

"There is really good evidence our young brains are still in development up to age 25, and one part that's slower to develop is the part that controls risk-taking behaviour. That doesn't just include driving but other actions like walking across roads."

TAC Lead director of road safety Samantha Cockfield said young drivers were already at risk and needed to put their phones away.

"The reality is, we all rely heavily on our mobile phones and our new generation of drivers need to manage this phenomenon while navigating their early years on the road," she said.

"Looking at your mobile phone when driving is essentially like driving blind because it means you're taking your eyes off the road."

Responding to the Herald Sun's campaign, Premier Daniel Andrews said Victorians needed to remain vigilant on our roads. "We can't for a moment stop trying to reinforce those messages about nothing being worth risking your life," he said.
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Digging teeth into a burger, checking your phone's screen or physically reaching out for a lipstick while driving may not seem like a huge deal but all it takes is just a second's worth distraction for things to go south.

A recent study conducted by Monash University's Accident Research Centre has revealed that Australian motorists were distracted every 96 seconds or nearly 45 per cent of the time doing other "non-driving" things while they were driving.

A total of 379 drivers were filmed on all sorts of Australian roads within the age group of 22 and 69, for nearly two million kilometres for the research.

And the findings were scary.

"For 95 per cent of the trips we looked at, drivers were engaged in some sort of non-driving activity," Monash's Dr Kristie Young said.

The Monash researchers claim that distractions are in fact one of the biggest causes of road accidents in Australia and are responsible for 16 per cent of all fatal crashes.

So what are these distractions?

Unsurprisingly, mobile phones turned out to be the most common diversion that affected the concentration of the drivers, found the research.

More alarmingly drivers were seen sending text messages while on the road, picking up their phone to answer a call or browsing through social media platforms- all of which is illegal and includes a fine and demerit points.
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But there is yet another task vying for the top spot on the overall list and that is eating while driving.

As harmless as it may sound, eating a meal behind the meal can also result in a fine and loss of demerit points depending on the kind of impact it has on the driver's control of the vehicle.

"Offences are assessed on a case-by-case basis, including whether an incident occurred", a Transport and Main Roads spokesperson told SBS News.

Adjusting radio settings and carrying out mundane tasks like physically reaching out for something that is kept on the back seat of the car or applying make-up or brushing hair made up for another large chunk of distractions.

When we asked SBS Punjabi listeners if they were guilty of similar behaviour, Simran Thukral said she is "ashamed" to admit that she is most likely guilty of being distracted by phone and applying makeup.

"I'm almost always late to work," Ms Thukral who works at a Melbourne-based luxury store told SBS Punjabi.

"I don't text for sure, but applying mascara while stopping at traffic lights or combing through my hair is like a regular chore I reserve for the "in-car" thing," she added.

Real Estate intern, Simar Deep Singh, on the other hand, said he is a new driver on the Victorian roads and therefore ensures he is sticking to most of the rules.

"I don't take any risks-neither with my life or anybody else's," said Mr Singh who holds a probationary licence.

But Mr Singh's younger brother Manveer Singh said he is often multitasking on the roads.

"I can't lie but I do check my phone or adjust stereo settings because I cannot drive without listening to my kind of music," said Mr Singh.
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Digging teeth into a burger, checking your phone's screen or physically reaching out for a lipstick while driving may not seem like a huge deal but all it takes is just a second's worth distraction for things to go south.