 We all know mobile phones are very distracting But there's a lot of misconceptions about what the actual laws are so we've spoke to acting senior sergeant Sharon clump find out more So can I use my phone while I'm done? No, no, what about what about if I'm in the lights? No, what about maps? Okay, so on your P1s cannot use the phone at all Bluetooth not even in a cradle once you go to P2s then you can use those functions But you cannot use a phone that you are holding in your hand Can I eat a pie whilst driving? Well, you could but what you have to think about is those actions could be distracting So talking about this is all well and good, but now what we're going to do is go and test it. Oh, that sounds good Here we are at the RACQ driver training facility and Keanu's about to take a lap The kicker is he's going to be sending a text message while he does that so let's see how he goes Ready one two three off you go Let's have a look what did you send? Oh, I tried to say mom and dad are the best and then too well You know when you look down the text and the text you Don't see what you're going on the road because you're always looking down at your phone And what's by the time you look back up again? You completely wait not where you're meant to be yes, and that's the point because your focus is on the phone Not what's happening around you on the road Imagine that now in a scenario where you're doing 60 70 80 kilometers per hour. Yeah, it wouldn't end too well So there you go even though you think you might be able to multitask when you're doing something as complicated as driving It's just not that easy So take steps to remove the things that might distract you in the car and stay safe on the road