GNR detects more than 26,000 offenses by cell phone use to drive – publico

                 

                         
                     

                         

                 

 
 

The GNR detected since early this year more than 26,000 offenses for improper use of the mobile phone while driving and will launch next week a public awareness campaign on the risks associated with that practice.

According to a statement issued on Saturday until Friday and from 1 January 2015, had been identified more than 26,000 offenses for improper use of the mobile phone on the road.

the motto “Your priority is to live, it is not meet,” the campaign of GNR starts on Monday, and extends throughout the next week.

In the first phase, will be carried out various actions awareness, especially in schools, on cellphone use on driving. In the second phase, the road inspection will be intensified to detect offenses relating to the use of mobile phones.

The GNR recalls that the “misuse of the phone” while driving, either in calls, messaging or query social networking, “limiting the capabilities of the driver”, causing distraction, limited dexterity and abstracting the mind driving. The operation called Smartphone, Smartdrive runs across the country from Monday to Friday.