FILED - Beyond the safety risks, if you are shown to have been using a phone during a crash, you can also expect to be paying most of the damages. Photo: Christin Klose/dpa
Generally there's no safety issues with speaking to someone through a phone on loudspeaker, and most countries don't have specific laws against this.
But even if you keep your eyes focused on the road while talking, a swipe or tap of some sort will be needed to answer and hang up your phone, not to mention all the distractions that come from a phone sending you notifications.
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