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Article: CELL PHONES AND DRIVING DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION WE LOVE THE CONVENIENCE OF CELL PHONES, BUT EVIDENCE INDICATES WE'RE DOING TOO MUCH TALKING WHILE DRIVING.(Front)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- December 25, 2000
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A nation suddenly keen to run on safer tires remains unmoved by what may be a greater highway hazard: drivers using cell phones.
In simulator tests, drivers on phones tend to veer out of their lanes more often and check mirrors less often than the average driver. They tend to lose track of surrounding traffic and don't maintain proper distance between vehicles.
Alarmed, 14 industrialized countries, including Great Britain, Germany, Japan, Israel, Spain and Italy, restrict cell phone use by drivers. But the United States does not, and probably will not in the foreseeable future, for an array of political, legal, economic, bureaucratic and lifestyle reasons.
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