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Hands-free calls: why talking while driving takes your attention off the road
Hands on the wheel, eyes on the road, the phone on the speaker: a hands-free call looks safe. What does the talking do to where a driver's eyes go?
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Rono drives Miva home after the party, his phone in its holder. On the way, she chats with him, and when a bus pulls out in front of them, she stops in the middle of a sentence and waits.
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Then you call, to say Miva forgot her gift. Rono talks on the speaker, both hands on the wheel, eyes on the road. He feels safe.
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