Texting and Driving: A Serious Killer

Share it with your friends Like

Thanks! Share it with your friends!

Close

By Dr. Mercola

By Dr. Mercola

What happens when you use onboard video cameras and sensors monitoring speed, acceleration and GPS location to gather information from more than 3,500 drivers over a three-year period?

You get an intimate snapshot of the seconds leading up to a crash, including revelations about the risk factors that caused it.

This was the model used by a recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which revealed that many “secondary tasks” related to the use of hand-held electronic devices (i.e. cell phones) are of “detriment to driver safety.”1

Driver-Related …read more

Read more here: mercola

    

  • Rating:
  • Views:561 views
  • Categories: Health