Sentence examples for using a handheld phone from inspiring English sources

Using a handheld phone while driving is, without any stretch of the imagination, dangerous.

Thirty-one percent of motorists admitted to using a handheld phone behind the wheel, compared with just 8% in 2014.

Illegal mobile phone use by drivers is rising, according to new research that found 31% of motorists admitted to using a handheld phone behind the wheel compared with 8% in 2014.

BEHIND THE NEWS Researchers said they were puzzled, since it was clear that using a handheld phone while at the wheel increases accident risk and that the bans sharply reduce use of the phones.

Some of these ideas, such as hands-free telephoning, make sense particularly as it becomes increasingly illegal across the country to use a handheld phone while driving.

In London, "you can walk around the city and see people using them everywhere," said Jim Moore, a consultant for McKinsey & Company who recently lived in Europe and who would not even think about using a handheld cell phone.

The existing £30 fine for using a handheld mobile phone while driving will be doubled and the use of alcohol rehabilitation courses for drink-drive offenders will be increased.

NHTSA [2] had estimated approximately 974,000 drivers on the road nationwide at any time during the day using a handheld cell phone.

Home Office figures show that in 2012 in England and Wales more than 92,500 fixed penalty notices were issued for using a handheld mobile phone while driving, which is a fall of 32% on 2011 when more than 123,000 notices were issued.

A person could send a handwritten message using a handheld computer with a wireless connection, or a person could transmit the message from a handheld computer to a cell phone (using a short-range wireless system like Bluetooth), and have the phone send the message.

Grip strength is commonly measured by using a handheld dynamometer.