{"id":1174,"date":"2005-06-24T23:43:27","date_gmt":"2005-06-25T06:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.studioglyphic.com\/blog\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2005-06-24T23:43:27","modified_gmt":"2005-06-25T06:43:27","slug":"hang-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.studioglyphic.com\/blog\/2005\/06\/24\/hang-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Hang up."},"content":{"rendered":"

My opinion? Most people can’t drive to begin with; why let them speed around in 2 tons of steel while thinking about something other than driving?<\/p>\n

Cars.com: Hands-Free Cell Phone Use Takes a Hit<\/a><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON — Detailed new research shows that using a cell phone behind the wheel is a key cause of traffic accidents and that hand-free devices provide little safety benefit, federal officials told an international automotive safety gathering Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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But whether drivers use a hand-held device or not, “phone use degraded both driving performance and vehicle control,” said NHTSA’s Elizabeth Mazzae.<\/p>\n

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NHTSA officials have expressed concern that hands-free devices can give drivers a false sense of security, when research has shown that it is the act of conversation that leads to distraction and inattentive driver behavior.<\/p>\n

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The federal research presented Wednesday adds to a growing body of studies that suggest hands-free cell-phone systems will not deliver the safety benefits automakers and legislators hoped for.<\/p>\n

In 2003, for example, University of Utah professor David Strayer found cell-phone conversations can lead to a kind of “inattention blindness,” as drivers fail to recognize objects or events in their field of view. Strayer found that drivers using hand-held and hands-free cell phones were equally impaired.<\/p>\n

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Greg Rosinski is a Canton, Mich., resident who uses his cell’s speaker phone function. He said studies about the dangers of cell phone use while driving tend to exaggerate.<\/p>\n

“Having a baby or even another person in the car is just as distracting,” said Rosinski, a former account representative for a cell phone company. “I don’t buy any of this scare tactics stuff. Cell phones are no more a cause of accidents than someone applying mascara or eating in the car.”\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Dumbass. Greg shouldn’t be applying mascara or eating in the car either.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Glasstrack<\/a> for the link.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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