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DANGEROUS DRIVERS * USA: Distracting drivers
* DC - AAA: Hands-free technology distracts drivers
Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -October 7, 2014: ... A NHTSA study last year found the number of wrecks in which drivers were distracted — on a phone, applying makeup, eating or other diversions — declined in 2011. But the number of people killed in those crashes rose 8 percent in 2011 to 3,331 fatalities, accounting for one in every 10 traffic deaths... The number of crashes reported to involve cellphone use rose from 47,000 in 2010 to 50,000. But there is some good news: Cellphone-related traffic deaths fell 6 percent to 385. The number injured in crashes involving cellphone use also dropped, from 24,000 to 21,000... The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety says new research released Tuesday shows hands-free systems such as Apple's Siri, GM's MyLink and Ford's Sync pose serious distractions to drivers.. The new hands-free technologies, which are designed to be less distracting, may actually have the opposite effect, according to the AAA Foundation, the research arm of the motoring and travel organization. But it says it is possible to design hands-free technologies that keep drivers' attention more focused on the road... To assess "real-world" impact, AAA compared changing radio stations manually and voice-dialing to the voice-activated systems found in six automakers' vehicles. It found most systems were significantly more distracting...
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