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Distracted Driving – Cell Phones Used While Driving Driver distraction was recognized as a problem as far back as 1996. However, only today is it an issue that’s being taken seriously, going so far as to introduce congressional testimony and state legislation in an effort to curb the number of incidents and accidents that occur when drivers become distracted. AAA Viewpoint: Driven to Distraction The AAA Foundation study looked at sources of driver distraction in 26,145 distraction-related crashes identified in a database maintained by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Car Phone Users Don’t See Or Think Well Driving while phoning, even on a hands-free phone, is dangerous. But nobody has quite figured out why. Until now. Cell Phones And Driving: A Deadly Mix Two great things here: Learn ways to minimize your risks of driving distracted (more than just the common sense ones we all think about), and take their interactive quiz to get a personal assessment of how your own
Wired Science News for Your Neurons Driving Distracts Cellphone Users * By Bruce Bower, Science News Email Author * February 16, 2010 | * 7:28 pm | * Categories: Brains and Behavior, Miscellaneous * cell-phone_driving Cellphone conversations don’t just interfere with driving. Driving dents the capacity to describe and remember cellphone messages, at least for some of the youngest and oldest drivers, a new study finds. sciencenewsRoutine driving impedes a person’s ability to relay information from a cellphone call accurately to a conversation partner and to remember key elements of that information, say psychologist Gary Dell of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his colleagues. Although many drivers regard talking while cruising a straightaway as no harder than walking while chewing gum, “that intuition is incorrect,” Dell says. Both older and younger drivers seated next to a passenger and operating a vehicle in a simulator had more difficulty correctly retelling brief
