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National
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Smartphones still driving professionals to distraction

Australian regulations around driver-monitoring technology may be lagging behind other nations. (Julian Smith/AAP PHOTOS)

Mobile phones are responsible for one in every four cases of distraction behind the wheel among professional drivers, even though many are banned from having them nearby, a study shows. 

Canberra company Seeing Machines has released the finding in its annual report, which also identified Sunday as the riskiest day for distracted driving in Australia and Saturday as the worst day for driving tired. 

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