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Study: Cell Phone Use Ups Accident Risk

Washington Post

Wednesday 2 February 2005, 9:36 am
Keywords: News Articles , Health Topics

By Leon D'Souza, The Associated Press

A report from the University of Utah says when motorists between 18 and 25 talk on cell phones, they drive like elderly people - moving and reacting more slowly and increasing their risk of accidents.

In fact, motorists who talk on cell phones are more impaired than drunken drivers with blood-alcohol levels exceeding 0.08, Strayer and colleague Frank Drews, an assistant professor of psychology, found during research conducted in 2003.

Their new study appears in this winter's issue of Human Factors, the quarterly journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56468-2005Feb2.html