Hands-free cell phone conversations add 5 m to drivers' braking distances
Thursday, December 4, 2008 - 02:28
in Mathematics & Economics
Research led by Psychology researchers at the University of Warwick reveals that cell phone conversations impair drivers' visual attention to such a degree that it can add over 5 metres to the braking distance of a car travelling at 60 miles and causes almost twice as many errors as drivers driving without the distraction of a hands free cell phone conversation...
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