Injury Prevention
Hands-free cell phones dangerously distract drivers' attention
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, December 12th, 2004
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have tested the hands-free approach and found that drivers - young and old - struggled to see dangerous scenarios appearing in front of them.
The experiments, reported in the Fall 2004 issue of the journal Human Factors, were conducted in a virtual reality suite at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. Eye-tracking techniques allowed researchers to see the effects of...
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