Killer Cell Phones
October 22nd, 2007, Driving tips
“According to the Cellular Telecommunications & internet Association; “In the United States over 236 million people subscribe to such wireless communication devises as cell phones as of May 2007.” *
“There are two dangers with associated with driving and cell phone use. First, drivers must take their eyes off the road while dialing. Second, people can become so absorbed in their conversations that their ability to concentrate on the act of driving becomes severely impaired” *
“A study from the researchers at the University of Utah, published in the summer 2006 issue of Human Factors, the quarterly journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, concludes that taking on a cell phone while driving is as dangerous as driving drunk, even if the phone is a hands-free model.” *
Consider this; at 70 miles per hour, our vehicles are traveling at the rate of 100 feet per second!
Snap your fingers, you have just traveled 100 feet!
Now, how important is that call, REALLY?
Please, put the phones away. It may surprise us all to see what we have been missing, or rather, almost hitting.
O.C.C.E.
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Insurance Information Institute
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