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A major road-safety campaign is under way in Britain to hands-free mobile phones . The charity Brake is also for motorists to switch off their phones while . The group said the fines for calling or texting while behind the wheel should also be by up to tenfold, to around $1,600. This is to a greater deterrent than the current penalty of $160. Brake's suggestions a revelation that more than 575,000 British drivers had points on their driving licence for their phone. A spokeswoman for Brake said: "We're in an age when being constantly connected is the norm. More and more of us have smartphones, and it hard to switch off, even for a minute."

Britain's Department for Transport that although road safety was a "top priority", it had "no plans to the law around the use of hands-free devices". It that all penalties were being " under review to they are appropriate". Brake said: "While there are enormous benefits to this new technology, it's also dangerous temptations to drivers to their concentration away from the critical task at hand, often our most vulnerable road users in danger." It added: "Many people who wouldn't of drink-driving are to using their phone and other distractions while driving, oblivious that the effect can be similar and the consequences just as horrific."