Study finds cell phone use increases crash risk

By on Jul 8, 2011 at 9:22 PM
mobile July 8, 2011

A new research study published by the Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) suggests that cell phone use directly increases crash risk among U.S. drivers. The group studied 350 scientific papers that were published between 2000 and 2010 on highway safety. Distractions, which include cell phone use, are responsible for between 15% and 25% of all crashes, including minor fender benders all the way up to fatal accidents. The report also said that there is “no conclusive evidence on whether hands-free systems [are] less risky than hand-held use,” and that results of several tests “imply dialing a cell phone increases crash risk more for a short time while a cell phone conversation increases crash risk less for a longer time.” As you might expect, texting is an even larger risk since it requires that a user look at his or her phone for a longer period of time. “Despite all that has been written about driver distraction, there is still a lot that we do not know,” Barbara Harsha, a GHSA executive director. “Clearly, more studies need to be done addressing both the scope of the problem and how to effectively address it.”

[Via Reuters]

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  • Sean Reeder

    Study finds water is wet! ZOMG!

  • Anonymous

    I’m very glad this report was finally published. Considering iFags and Fandroid’s are both equally stupid maybe this report will finally hit home the dangers of driving while using your gay ass 2 cent piece of shit phone.

  • Anonymous

    What we need to do is get the bitches off the road. Seriously have you ever noticed how women wont STFU and just keep yammering on the friggin phone? I say only men should be allowed to drive make all the bitches walk or take the bus.

    ALL YOU MEN OUT THERE HIT MY LIKE BUTTON IF YOU AGREE

  • http://twitter.com/TuckerPeterson Tucker A. Peterson

    Considering that focusing on anything but driving increases the risk of a car accident there should never be the need for another study on what increases the risk of accidents since the answer is everything.

    What the study should show is what is the best way to distract yourself while driving to increase the risk of a car accident.  Here is my top 5:

    1) Road Head
    2) Mobile Porn
    3) Smackin a ho (see Chris Brown)
    4) Trying to find the roach you just dropped
    5) Road Head (so nice it’s listed twice)

  • http://pizzaspotz.com Brian Humek

    That headline is just begging for sarcasm.

  • jimlat

    And the true science behind this study is what? It is a study of 350 other studies…no new research at all…if the other studies are flawed, this study’s conclusions are flawed…..I’m not coming down on one side of the other of the issue, but the study is scientific crap… 

  • B Lucy12

    and how much money did they spend figuring this out?  I could have figured this out within 2 seconds! “Hey do cell phones increase the risk for an accident?”  reply: “NO CRAP.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/michaeljmcgrath Michael McGrath

    no shit, sherlock.

  • Anonymous

    any more proof needed that government is in the business of squandering tax payer’s dollars??

  • http://twitter.com/Liu_James James Liu

    DUH! Really? You guys needed a study to find this out? This is why the US is in debt, because we are spending money on research for the obvious.

  • Anonymous

    When I was little, I remembered my dad refused to install a transistor radio in his car. Because it increases the risk of a crash. And now seemingly 40 years later, we are still researching it. Wow!

  • Hux9800

    i use touch phone technique to txt at 100kph,60mph to americans(cos cant calculate in euro) my vehicle weighs 60 tonnes and only 26 metres long
    2 easy,,maybe i should market the principle there and save numerous lives???????

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