07.09.09 You can’t concentrate on two things at once – that’s the advice being given to young drivers in a ‘driving while distracted’ campaign aimed at young and inexperienced motorists to stay focused on their driving.
Hard hitting advertising on buses, in the street and on the radio will ask young drivers to think about the consequences of driving while talking on their mobile phones, changing channels on their stereo or ipods, or just be talking to their passengers.
Of the 1412 injury accidents in Gloucestershire in 2008, 30% or 427 involved at least one driver aged between 17 and 24, and a further 107 passengers of young drivers were injured.
