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Harmful effects

What does harmful mean? We'll explain the meaning and share a practical example that makes it easy to understand what it means.

Harmful means if something has a significant impact. For example, the Road Traffic Ordinance on the use of mobile phones while driving states that "When driving on the road with a motorized vehicle, the driver may engage in activities such as the use of a mobile phone and other communication equipment, only if it does not adversely affect the driving of the vehicle."In this example, "has a detrimental effect" simply means that the driver of the vehicle is not allowed to use a mobile phone or other communication equipment in a way that makes him an inattentive and dangerous driver.

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