In a statement, the authorities explain that the campaign "At the wheel, the cell phone can wait" will run until the 24th and point out that using a cell phone while driving increases the probability of an accident by four times.

“At 50 km/h, looking at your cell phone for three seconds is the same as driving a distance of 42 meters blindfolded, the equivalent of a queue of 10 cars”, they add.

In addition, they warn, “it is not worth risking losing three points on your driving license”.

Awareness actions will take place simultaneously with the inspection operations and will take place at the Carcavelos toll booths, towards Lisbon-Cascais (18th), in two streets of Castelo Branco (19th), at the Coimbra Norte/IP3 toll booths (20th ), in Espinho (21st) and in Santarém (24th).