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- Title
Why cell phone conversations distract drivers.
- Abstract
The article offers information on study related to distraction among drivers due to cell phones. It states that several road accidents caused in the U.S. are because of drivers talking on the cell phone. The study mentions that talking on cell phones distracts the drivers from driving as he stresses more on listening to what the caller has to say. It also physically distracts drivers as they have to hold them while driving. Even hand-free cell phones are equally distractive.
- Subjects
UNITED States; DISTRACTED driving; CELL phones &; traffic accidents; PSYCHOLOGY of automobile drivers; AUTOMOBILE drivers
- Publication
Harvard Mental Health Letter, 2010, Vol 27, Issue 3, p7
- ISSN
1057-5022
- Publication type
Article