Wednesday, August 13, 2008

txting while driving


Using cell phones while driving causes “inattention blindness,” whereby the driver looks directly at the road but doesn’t really see. More often, conducting a conversation via a cell phone demands greater continuous concentration that diverts the driver’s eyes from the road and his/her mind from driving. An earlier study by the same university found that motorists who talked on hands-free cell phones were 18 percent slower in braking and took 17 percent longer to regain the speed they lost when they braked.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'll be intrigued to know the stats for people who are engaged in a conversation with someone who is actually IN the vehicle... or those who are singing along to a CD while driving, hehe :)

lengskididoodles said...

yeah.. especially when you got a 12inch base speakers mounted inside your trunk.

many thanks btw for droppin by. really appreciate it..

^_^