A Driving Distraction - MobiIe Phones

&sing ceII phones whiIst driving:

Is mento||y demond|ng
Increoses reoct|on t|me to hozords
keduces dr|v|ng ||e|d o| v|ew
hy Mob||e Fhone Conservot|ons ore
Mento||y Demond|ng.
- Dr|vers v|suo||ze or creote |n the|r m|nds on
|mogeJ|con o| the person be|ng spoken to ond
the |ssues be|ng d|scussed.
- Ce|| phone users ore tropped by soc|o| et|quette
thot w||| not |et them drop, d|scont|nue, or be
unrespons|ve |n ce|| phone conversot|ons.
MuIti-Tasking "The Truth"
- umons con on|y concentrote we|| on one
tosk ot o t|me.
- Sw|tch|ng |rom one tosk to onother tokes
t|me.
ey Findings
Drivers engaged in ceII phone conversations:
- our t|mes os ||ke|y to crosh thon other dr|vers.
- k|sk comporob|e to o|coho| |mpo|red dr|v|ng
- S|gn|||cont|y poorer dr|v|ng per|ormonce
eII Phones and Reaction Time
eII phone use whiIst driving, increases your reaction time to hazards.
Research
to|k|ng on o mob||e phone - even o honds-|ree set - whi|e criving
|engIhen: reccIicn Iime mcre Ihcn Leing cver Ihe |egc| c|cchc| |imiI
(Ironsporf keseorch Loborofory, 8erksh|re 2001)
subjects |nvo|ved |n phone conversot|ons showed s|gn|||cont|y s|ower
responses to tro|||c s|gno|s cnc mi::ec :ignc|: enIire|y much mcre cfIen
Ihcn :uLjecI: whc were |i:Iening Ic Ihe rccic cr c Lcck cn Icpe
(Jn|vers|fy of Jfoh 2001)
there wos no meosurob|e d|||erence, hcwever, in criver re:pcn:e: cmcng
Ihc:e :uLjecI: u:ing hcnc he|c phcne: cnc Ihc:e u:ing hcnc:-free
cevice:
(Jn|vers|fy of Jfoh 2001)
the r|sk o| co|||s|on when us|ng o mob||e phone wos |our t|mes h|gher Ihcn
Ihe ri:k when Ihe mcLi|e phcne wc: ncI Leing u:ec
(Jn|vers|fy of Ioronfo 17)
mob||e phones o||ow|ng honds-|ree operot|on o||ered no so|ety
odvontoge over hond he|d un|ts
(Jn|vers|fy of Ioronfo 17).
FieId of View- normaI driver
Reduced fieId of view MobiIe phone user
hat are our responsibiIities?
s o dr|ver:
- ever toke o phone co|| wh||e dr|v|ng o|one
- ||ow the possenger or the vo|ce mo|| box to rece|ve the
messoge
- In on emergency, pu|| we|| o|| the rood to rece|ve or send
phone co||s
s o co||er:
- sk || they ore dr|v|ng
- End the conversot|on || you suspect they ore dr|v|ng
Road traffic fatalities (including pedestrians, cyclists and motorists) are projected to
double over the next two decades to over 1.S million people annually, moving from
ninth to third in terms of the leading causes of injury and disease globally.
Nake sure you and your colleagues are not one of those statistics
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