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It's Not the Cell Phone - It's the Brain / Drivers Overloaded

Monty Solomon (monty@roscom.com)
Sat, 30 Jul 2005 11:33:35 -0400

It's not the cell phone - it's the brain Drivers overloaded,
researchers warn

By Mariana Minaya
Sun Staff
Originally published July 22, 2005

Think twice about answering your cell phone while you're behind the
wheel -- even if it's a hands-free model. Scientists now say there's
evidence our brains can't concentrate on a phone conversation and
driving at the same time.

A groundbreaking study published last week in the British Journal of
Medicine shows that drivers who talk on a cell phone are four times as
likely as nonusers to have an accident that sends them to the hospital
-- regardless of the type of phone they use.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-hs.cellphone22jul22,1,3970325.story?coll=bal-health-headlines&ctrack=1&cset=true

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