Hands Free Mobile Phone Conversations Add Five Meters To Drivers' Braking Distances
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - 20:28
in Mathematics & Economics
Psychology researchers reveals that mobile telephone conversations impair drivers' visual attention to such a degree that it can add over 5 meters to the braking distance of a car traveling at 60 miles per hour and causes almost twice as many errors as drivers driving without the distraction of a mobile phone conversation.
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