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<b>SMART WATCHES ROAD THREAT:</b> A UK road-safety company wants the use of smart watches - including the new Apple Watch - banned from the driving seat. <i>Image: Shutterstock</i>
<b>SMART WATCHES ROAD THREAT:</b> A UK road-safety company wants the use of smart watches - including the new Apple Watch - banned from the driving seat. <i>Image: Shutterstock</i>

LONDON, England - Forget your cellphone, already! A call has already gone out for vehicle drivers to be banned from wearing one of the new Apple Watches.

Or face "a significant rise in road fatalities".

What some might regard as "a spoilsport demand" has come from UK vehicle safety firm SmartWitness. “Ban it, now!” is the essence of what the company wants. It and all smart watches.

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