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

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