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Research reveals that cell phone conversations impair drivers' visual attention to such a degree that it can add over 5 metres to the braking distance of a car travelling at 60 miles and causes almost twice as many errors as drivers driving without the distraction of a hands free cell phone conversation.

In the past, we have reported on studies concluding that chatting on mobile phones slows freeway traffic. Well, yet another study, this time conducted by researchers at the University of Utah, finds that mobile phone calls are just plain distracting to drivers. Admittedly, the sample size consists only 41 adults, with 41 of their passenger friends. What is interesting about this stu...

Mobile phone calls distract drivers far more than even the chattiest passenger, causing drivers to follow too closely and miss exits, research finds. Using a hands-free device does not make things better and the researchers believe they know why -- passengers act as a second set of eyes, shutting up or sometimes even helping when they see the driver needs to make a maneuver. - WASHINGTON (Reuters)...

But having a meatshield passenger reduces the risk Another study coming out of the University of Utah Applied Cognition Lab has concluded that driving while talking on the phone is a really bad idea, even if using hand-free kit.…

CPS released an update to Process Explorer. The new version lists Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs), that contain code shared between various applications, and contribute to the overall memory consumption. By listing applications, server programs, device drivers and DLLs, Process Explorer offers the most complete picture about what’s running on the phone. With its powerful cleanup

Yes, Linux is running on the iPhone. Yes, it’s only the first early port, but it’s the iPhone running the Linux OS, controlled with a USB keyboard running off the iPhone multi-purpose port thanks to the reverser engineering of Apple’s hardware drivers by iPhone Dev Team members. And while it is still limited and doen’t have support for many things, this work opens the door ...

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PC World - Cell phones distract car drivers more than talkative passengers, and hands-free devices don’t make for safer driving, according to a recent Reuters report on a new study published by the Journal of Experimential Psychology: Applied. Even worse, drivers who use mobile phones are as impaired as those who are legally drunk.

Drivers make more mistakes when talking on a cell phone than when talking to passengers, new research shows. This finding addresses the common question about whether driver distraction comes from cell-phone use specifically or conversation generally.