Cell phone talkers as bad as drunk drivers
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Cell phone talkers as bad as drunk drivers
More study participants rear-ended car while on cell phones than drunk
WASHINGTON - People who talk on cell phones while driving, even using "hands-free" devices, are as impaired as drunk drivers, researchers said Thursday.
"If legislators really want to address driver distraction, then they should consider outlawing cell phone use while driving," said Frank Drews, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Utah who worked on the study.
The researchers used a driving simulation device for their study, published in the summer 2006 issue of Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
They studied 40 volunteers who used a driving simulator four times — while undistracted, using a handheld cell phone, using a hands-free cell phone and while intoxicated to a 0.08 percent blood-alcohol level — the average legal level of impairment in the United States — after drinking vodka and orange juice.
Three study participants rear-ended the simulated car in front of them. All were talking on cellphones and none was drunk, the researchers said.
Motorists who talked on either handheld or hands-free cell phones drove slightly more slowly, were 9 percent slower to hit the brakes, and varied their speed more than undistracted drivers.
Drivers with an 0.08 percent blood-alcohol level drove a bit more slowly than both undistracted drivers and telephone users, yet more aggressively.
Cell phone signal excites brain — is it harmful?
"Driving while talking on a cell phone is as bad as or maybe worse than driving drunk," said Drews, who said alcohol was involved in 40 percent of the 42,000 annual U.S. traffic fatalities.
Just like many people who have been drinking, the cell phone users did not believe themselves to be affected, the researchers found.
More study participants rear-ended car while on cell phones than drunk
WASHINGTON - People who talk on cell phones while driving, even using "hands-free" devices, are as impaired as drunk drivers, researchers said Thursday.
"If legislators really want to address driver distraction, then they should consider outlawing cell phone use while driving," said Frank Drews, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Utah who worked on the study.
The researchers used a driving simulation device for their study, published in the summer 2006 issue of Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
They studied 40 volunteers who used a driving simulator four times — while undistracted, using a handheld cell phone, using a hands-free cell phone and while intoxicated to a 0.08 percent blood-alcohol level — the average legal level of impairment in the United States — after drinking vodka and orange juice.
Three study participants rear-ended the simulated car in front of them. All were talking on cellphones and none was drunk, the researchers said.
Motorists who talked on either handheld or hands-free cell phones drove slightly more slowly, were 9 percent slower to hit the brakes, and varied their speed more than undistracted drivers.
Drivers with an 0.08 percent blood-alcohol level drove a bit more slowly than both undistracted drivers and telephone users, yet more aggressively.
Cell phone signal excites brain — is it harmful?
"Driving while talking on a cell phone is as bad as or maybe worse than driving drunk," said Drews, who said alcohol was involved in 40 percent of the 42,000 annual U.S. traffic fatalities.
Just like many people who have been drinking, the cell phone users did not believe themselves to be affected, the researchers found.
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But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference and the promise of an early bed..."-- Elvis Costello
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"Some of my friends sit around every evening and they worry about the times ahead,
But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference and the promise of an early bed..."-- Elvis Costello
classic right there...
i remember checking out the neighbor girl undressing while i pulled away from a friends house, when i got a little too excited and slammed into a parked car...
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Quick glances up, then back down.
When did this mindset take over?
Thats a lot of looking down :shock:
BUT it did make me want to cut in front of him and slam on my brakes.
I could use a new car.
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When I answer a call on my phone while driving, I swear it takes away 50% of my driving awareness. I try not to do it unless its an emergency.
Driving loaded is a piece of cake. Just keep your hand in the 12 o'clock position with the pinky / index "devil horns" and keep the road paving lines between them. (i kid, i kid).
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I've taken probably 2 calls when driving a long time ago, and I can tell that my perception of what's around me is like being in a tunnel. I don't know how others don't notice this.
Last month, as a quasi-experiment, I attempted to reply to a text while doing other shit and walked into the wall in our hallway.
Worth it? :nono:
Never again!
And while driving? Phone's always in my purse.
Is there anyone out there familiar with this technology that can shed some light?
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/b-c/icbc-mulls-discounts-for-drivers-who-disable-their-smartphones-1.21881701
The correlation to the disabling of cell phones while driving? Technical solutions will not fix a human problem. People just need to do what's right, and realize the rules they follow are there to protect them, too. We're going to end up wrapped in a world of virtual bubble wrap where people will assume they can do what they want until something beeps at them. Like walk of a cliff while playing Pokemon Go.
I'm all for safety measures, like ground fault circuit breakers and baby gates at the top of stairs, barbed wire fences around power stations, etc. Identity protection online, two-factor authentication, password security questions. But if someone can get behind the wheel and drive, they shouldn't NEED something in place to keep them from using their phone. It is all creating a false sense of security, imo.
Maybe cell phone users should have to check a box on their phone that says, "Yes, I'm operating my phone while driving. If I run over a kid, a kid's pet, or a kid's grandma, I'll volunteer my body to science within the next 2 weeks because it's worth it."
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i've answered a few times while driving using hands-free but agree with the above. it immediately takes away at least 50% of your awareness. you have to worry about today's generation that is attached to their phones every waking hour. unfortunately i think it will take near misses for that generation to realize how dangerous it is.
We have a narrow street behind my work, and too many times have I seen people driving while actually look down at their phones.
Idjits.
I appreciate your response. The angle about the article that interested me was that drivers would voluntarily agree to accept this cell blocker, whatever format it was, in order to get lower premiums on their car insurance. Assuming you are responsible and are not going to be texting and driving anyway, it may be worth it to get cheaper insurance but I would want to know all the implications.
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I have even actually seen someone reading a book, and another person reading the fucking newspaper while driving. it is beyond maddening.
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Just be present at the wheel, it's not that difficult.
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It needs to stop right now
I will NEVER understand what's so god damned important that it can't wait 5-10 minutes until you get to your destination or pull off in the nearest parking lot to respond.