I've shown the opposite. there's a statistically significant higher accident rate when people use cell phones while driving. Talking to someone on a cell phone takes a proportionately larger amount of our attentional resources than many other events while driving (eg., http://www.antiwrap.com/?892; http://www.antiwrap.com/?893; http://www.antiwrap.com/?894; http://www.antiwrap.com/?895; http://www.antiwrap.com/?896 http://www.antiwrap.com/?897 just a small sample. Entrez-Med listed over ).
What this means is that you're paying a lot less attention to what is going on around you, and hence more likely to get into an accident. One of the more telling studies was by Strayer and Drews (2004; Profiles in driver distraction: effects of cell phone conversations on younger and older drivers. Hum Factors. 2004 Winter;46(4):640-9. ). http://www.antiwrap.com/?898 "Compared with single-task (i.e., driving-only) conditions, when drivers used cell phones their reactions were 18% slower, their following distance was 12% greater, and they took 17% longer to recover the speed that was lost following braking. There was also a twofold increase in the number of rear-end collisions when drivers were conversing on a cell phone. These cell-phone-induced effects were equivalent for younger and older adults..." larry On 2/21/06, Kevin Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ain't that the pot calling the kettle black. ;) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 9:52 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: SUVs Dangerous, SUVs & Cell Phones ... > > Every study 'Gel? Want to back that one up? > > On 2/20/06, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We follow a british system of driving rather than an american one. So > > we drive on the left side of the road, our driver's seat is on the > > right side of the car. > > > > And SUVs are popular here because our roads are so bad. And we just > > don't have a higher incidence of accidents, or rollovers or any oft > > hose things in this country. Our roads are worse, our traffic is > > worse, but people that own SUVs just seem to utilise some common sense > > and they don't drive as though they are driving a car. > > > > Our accidents are mostly road racers in souped up cars racing around > > at night or early morning. > > > > So my point being that it has nothing to do with SUVs in particular, > > or their design etc as vehicles.It has a lot more to do with the > > drivers. > > > > Same thing with cell phones. Every study has shown that there are more > > accidents caused by people changing the channel on their radio or > > fiddling with it than are caused by Cell Phones in the US and > > elsewhere. > > > > On 2/20/06, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > gel, > > > > > > is driving in trinidad like driving in jamaica? > > > are the roads in trinidad like the roads in jamaica? > > > are you left hand side of the road drivers or right? > > > > > > tony > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:197607 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
