Saturday, April 13, 2013

Cellphone use while driving the main cause of crashes

The use of cellphones while operating a vehicle is the leading cause of driver distraction crashes in California, a survey indicates.

Dr. Linda Hill of the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine said studies showed phoning and driving increase the risk of crashes four-fold, with hands-free and handheld devices equally dangerous; this is the same as driving with a blood alcohol content at the legal limit of 0.08 percent.


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