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Driving while using your mobile phone is illegal in South Africa. It is illegal for a very good reason. There is no way you can concentrate on your driving while having a conversation with someone let alone sending an sms.

Today at a roundabout I saw 2 out of 3 cars with the driver on a cell phone. Then I entered a freeway behind a car that was behaving strangely. The driver stayed on the yellow line and never entered the lane. When I passed I saw the woman was sending a text message at 80 km/h on the freeway. Hopefully she saw the truck she was closing in on before she hit it.

I was once talking to someone using a hands free kit. I was asked a serious question and was busy answering when I realised how little attention I was paying to the road. I quickly ended the call and called later but the damage could have already been done.
A moments lapse can cost your life, or worse, others. Is the call really worth the death of one or more people? I don’t think so.