Cell phone use while driving quadruples danger of serious crash
Submitted by Brent Hugh on Sat, 03/10/2007 - 8:50pm
A study published in the British Medical Journal showed that:
You've dialed the wrong number if you think that it's safe to drive while chatting on your cell. A newly released study of Australian motorists found that cell phone users were four times as likely to be involved in a serious crash.Read the rest of the article here.
The study, which ran in the British Medical Journal, is the first of its type to use actual crash data and cell phone records to correlate serious vehicular accident injuries with talking on the telephone. Further, the results show that the same risks are posed whether holding a phone to your ear or talking through a hands-free devise such as a speakerphone.
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