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Steering clear of driving distractions means more than no texting, experts warn

February 24, 2015

Thanks to technology, drivers can conference call, set up a play-date, yell at underlings, order pizza AND drive with a hands-free device. Yet, safety experts warn, hands-free doesn't mean risk-free. "You need your brain to drive and you need your brain to talk," cognitive psychologist Paul Atchley cautions. "If you try to do both at once, you increase the risk of being in a crash."

Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20150223/news/150229613/
 
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