Schools in the UK are being visited by safety campaigners in the form of entertainers such as jugglers to warn them of the dangers of not paying attention when driving and specifically when using a mobile phone. Young drivers are most likely to cause accidents by using their mobile phones and their car insurance quotes clarify this.

Juggler, Duncan Ball showed students at Hills Road Sixth Form College that by juggling a wedge of cash, a driving license and a mobile phone they not only risk losing their license and getting a £60 fine they also risk endangering their own lives and the lives of others.

Schemes like this have been a part of a £1.5bn effort by the government to educate young drivers about the dangers of not concentrating on the road, by using a mobile phone whether it is texting or talking, drivers are four times more likely to have a crash and young drivers are the most likely offenders.

Mobile phones have become a part of everyday life and so it's obvious that if the phone rings whilst we're driving people are highly likely to try and answer it, even if just to say they are driving and to call them back. Recent advertising campaigns have shown how even this brief call can be fatal so the government is making bold statements on the subject.

Since the introduction of fixed penalty fines of £60 and penalty points for this offence the number of incidents has reduced by up to 40% in some areas of the country. There are still times on the road where you will see the driver with their mobile phones clamped to their ear but road users have noticed the number of cases decreasing gradually since the penalties had been introduced.

So what is the safest way to use a phone in a car? Well technically using the phone in any way provides a distraction in the same way as having a conversation with a passenger does and you should refrain from doing so and only accept calls in emergencies. Many mobile phone deals now offer Bluetooth headsets so the driver doesn't have their hands tied up by their phone. A growing number of car manufacturers are also adding Bluetooth car kits as standard, especially in typical company cars so telephone calls are safer.