That is retarded.
Study to examine gadget distractions
· By: Drivers.com staff
· Date: 2002-04-24
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General Motors, in cooperation with the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana,
will spend $1.6 million over three years to study the extent to which drivers
are distracted by electronic equipment. According to the article on GlobalAutoNet ,
GM will work with the university's Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and
Technology between now and 2004, using the institute's driving simulator to
measure driver distraction during use of cell phones, electronic navigation
systems, and other electronic equipment. The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration has expressed concern about the growing number of electronic
gadgets used during driving, although the agency admits there is no "good hard
data" about possible danger. General Motors's manager of vehicle information
technologies, Jim Rillings, said the information GM learns will help the automaker "modify
some of the products in our vehicles."
- Drivers.com's section on Distractions
- Reducing driver distractions in the age of overload--brief article
- Traffic safety books & videos--includes material on distractions
Comments
Pablo, on Friday, 23. February 2007 at 11:06 AM
5wheel, on Friday, 23. February 2007 at 01:33 PM
What's retarded about it pablo. There's jerks all over the highway because they can't handle there gimmicks and drive at the same time.
kelbo_mcg, on Friday, 31. August 2007 at 10:40 AM
i agree with 5wheel....i kno people who have been seriously injured by disrtactions on the road...such as cell phones...i mean why r u talking on the phone while driving anyways....and wats with the GPS's..if u dont kno how to get somewhere u shouldnt be driving there anyways....DUH..DUMB AYYYYYY
butler11, on Friday, 31. August 2007 at 10:45 AM
yea i agree with kelbo on that. my friend lost her mom in a accident caused by a gadget distraction.
mc hammer, on Wednesday, 03. October 2007 at 08:25 PM
.......stop ......grammer time!
