OU researcher gives evidence on hazards of mobile phone use while driving

Woman using mobile phone in car

Dr Gemma Briggs, OU Senior Lecturer in Psychology, provided evidence for a Road Safety: driving while using a mobile phone report out today (13 August 2019).

Dr Briggs supports the view that hands-free phone use is equally as distracting as hand-held use and can cause drivers to look directly at hazards yet fail to notice them.

Read the news story

Contact our news team

For all out of hours enquiries, please telephone +44 (0)7901 515891

Contact details

News & articles

The Take

OU public health campaign shortlisted for national Carers UK Award

A national public health campaign co-developed by The Open University researchers to support UK-wide communities to age well, inclusive of, co-developed with and for unpaid carers, has been shortlisted for the ‘Standout Campaign of the Year’ category at the 2026 Carers UK Awards.