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01-01-2014, 06:30 PM
http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1NCgBphJr_0VFSAymJxAVQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-01-01T220755Z_1_CBREA001PH900_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/distracted-driving-bigger-problem-novice-drivers-220755717.html)By Gene Emery NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you're a novice driver, dialing a phone is more dangerous than retrieving text messages, and reaching for an object while driving is more likely to produce an accident than eating behind the wheel. Even experienced drivers face a dangerously-high risk of getting into an accident while manipulating a cell phone. The most controversial element of the study is expected to be another finding: The act of just talking on a cell phone didn't increase the risk of a crash, regardless of a driver's experience. And those hazards were even greater than the risk posed by texting or using the Internet while driving.



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