Using Kerb safely

The law. It is illegal to hold and use a phone while driving in the UK — including while stopped at lights or in traffic. The penalty is 6 points and a £200 fine. If you passed your test within the last two years, 6 points means losing your licence. Supervising drivers are also breaking the law if they're distracted from supervising — you are legally in charge of the car.

How Kerb is meant to be used. Set everything up before you set off: choose the route, preview it, press start — all while parked. Once you're moving, Kerb speaks. The learner drives. The supervising driver handles the phone if anything needs touching, and anything that can wait, waits until you've parked.

The phone itself. Mount it or put it out of the learner's reach. Never in a hand, never in a lap.

Notes come later. The "what tripped you up" notes are written after the drive, parked, engine off. That's when they're useful anyway.

If something goes wrong mid-route — a wrong turn, a closed road — keep driving safely and let Kerb adjust, or pull over somewhere legal before touching anything. A missed turn costs nothing.

And on test day: phones away entirely. Kerb is for practice.