Texting while driving with Google Glass as distracting as phone: Study

10 years, 6 months ago

Texting while driving with Google Glass as distracting as phone: Study

Texting while driving with Google Glass is a clear distraction on the road, says a study. ”Texting with either a smartphone or Google Glass will cause distraction and should be avoided while driving,” said lead researcher Ben Sawyer from the University of Central Florida. “Google Glass did help drivers in our study recover more quickly than those texting on a smartphone. ”As distractive influences threaten to become more common and numerous in drivers’ lives, we find the limited benefits provided by Glass a hopeful sign of technological solutions to come,” Sawyer noted.

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Texting while walking more dangerous and deadly, says study

5 years, 2 months ago

Texting while walking more dangerous and deadly, says study

Walking

Crammed infotainment technology in vehicles is distracting automobile drivers: study

7 years, 6 months ago

Crammed infotainment technology in vehicles is distracting automobile drivers: study

Technology

Hands-free phone chats while driving delays reaction, QUT study finds

8 years, 4 months ago

Hands-free phone chats while driving delays reaction, QUT study finds

Drivers

Experts Say Texting Is Worse Than All Other Driving Distractions

8 years, 11 months ago

Experts Say Texting Is Worse Than All Other Driving Distractions

Research

Using a mobile phone in the car does NOT make driving more dangerous, claims study

11 years, 8 months ago

Using a mobile phone in the car does NOT make driving more dangerous, claims study

Mobile Phone

Do You Ignore Your Phone While Driving?

13 years, 4 months ago

Do You Ignore Your Phone While Driving?

Texting While Driving Still Popular - And Dangerous

13 years, 4 months ago

Texting While Driving Still Popular - And Dangerous

Driving

Discover Related

Your phone may not be the problem when it comes to distraction, study says

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Your phone may not be the problem when it comes to distraction, study says

Summary A new study shows people get distracted with or without phones nearby, challenging the phone-blaming narrative. “While users, unsurprisingly, engage more with the smartphone when it is easily accessible, …

CNN

Phone Phones Study Better

How taking breaks from your smartphone improves your mental health

1 month, 3 weeks ago

How taking breaks from your smartphone improves your mental health

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Drivers urged to avoid making Valentine’s Day mistake that could result in a £2,500 fine

2 months ago

Drivers urged to avoid making Valentine’s Day mistake that could result in a £2,500 fine

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, …

The Independent

Fine Driving Phone Valentine

Texting behind the wheel may end in personal bankruptcy

4 months, 1 week ago

Texting behind the wheel may end in personal bankruptcy

Four big insurance companies have included an explicit warning to drivers who cause an accident while holding their phone, telling them they will not be covered for any damages. The …

Accident Independer Dijcks Personal Bankruptcy

People Watching Videos While Driving Risk to Society

4 months, 1 week ago

People Watching Videos While Driving Risk to Society

Hyderabad:Watching reels and videos while driving has become a common and dangerous habit with people. Whether it’s at a red light or while moving through traffic, people are glued to …

Deccan Chronicle

While Driving

Mobile phone usage while driving sees a sharp rise in city

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Mobile phone usage while driving sees a sharp rise in city

The Delhi police noted a 149% surge in prosecutions related to mobile phone usage while driving in the city from January 1 to April 15 this year, as compared to …

Traffic Mobile Phones Sharp Rise

75 percent of motorists, cyclists use their phones while on the road

1 year ago

75 percent of motorists, cyclists use their phones while on the road

Fines and public awareness campaigns are not having any effect on Netherlands residents' tendency to use their smartphones in traffic. Around 75 percent of motorists and cyclists sometimes use their …

NL Times

Traffic Phone Phones Motorists

The Times podcast: Can anything stop distracted driving?

1 year, 11 months ago

The Times podcast: Can anything stop distracted driving?

In April 2019, Amy Lorenzo, age 12, left and her sister Marlenne Lorenzo, age 14, were walking to school when they were struck and killed by a dump truck that …

LA Times

Distracted Driving

Highways are getting deadlier, with fatalities up 22%. Our smartphone addiction is a big reason why

2 years, 1 month ago

Highways are getting deadlier, with fatalities up 22%. Our smartphone addiction is a big reason why

The wreckage of a 2019 Buick Encore after a January 2020 crash. “It’s much bigger than the data show,” said Bruce Landsberg, vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. …

LA Times

Safety Data National Driving

Ohio House OKs bill to stiffen texting-while-driving penalty

2 years, 4 months ago

Ohio House OKs bill to stiffen texting-while-driving penalty

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Drivers could be pulled over by police in some cases solely for holding or using a cellphone while driving under legislation that the Republican-led Ohio House passed …

Associated Press

Driving Ohio Phone Republican

Mobile use while driving on the rise, worries traffic police

2 years, 6 months ago

Mobile use while driving on the rise, worries traffic police

HYDERABAD: There is a darker side to the city that promises new livelihood opportunities, growth and exposure to employment as a smart city, with vibrant IT hubs. A rigorous monitoring …

Deccan Chronicle

Traffic Hyderabad Mobile Phones Mobile

Google accuses Apple of giving poor texting experience between iPhone and Android

2 years, 7 months ago

Google accuses Apple of giving poor texting experience between iPhone and Android

The story so far: Google slammed Apple on August 10 for providing a sub-standard experience to users when people with iPhones and Android phones communicate with each other through text …

Technology Support Google Android

Why do electronic gadgets scramble our sleep?

3 years, 4 months ago

Why do electronic gadgets scramble our sleep?

Earlier this year, a group of scientists published a study in the American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B that was, in part, about the sleeping patterns of individuals in …

Salon

Technology Health Children Research

Infotainment systems in new cars are becoming flashy, feature-packed distractions.

55 years, 3 months ago

Infotainment systems in new cars are becoming flashy, feature-packed distractions.

You’re driving and you’re bored. “Today’s infotainment systems can be as distracting—if not more so—than personal electronic devices,” says Jennifer Homendy, the newly confirmed chair of the National Transportation Safety …

Slate

Social Media Safety Car Tesla

Now we know for sure – staring at your phone is bad for society

4 years ago

Now we know for sure – staring at your phone is bad for society

If you’re reading this on your phone, while walking down the street – stop! New research published in Science Advances shows that just a handful of pedestrians tapping away on …

The Independent

Phone Your Phone

Google Look to Speak App Lets People With Speech Impairments 'Speak' With Their Eyes

4 years, 4 months ago

Google Look to Speak App Lets People With Speech Impairments 'Speak' With Their Eyes

Google has announced a new app namely, Look to Speak that will enable people living with speech and motor impairments to communicate through their smartphone. As mobile devices become more …

News 18

Google App Look Speak

Driver Assist Systems More Harmful Than Helpful While Driving: Study

4 years, 4 months ago

Driver Assist Systems More Harmful Than Helpful While Driving: Study

As the automotive world leans more towards technology in its mechanicals and gets more advanced by the day. With a slew of safety features included in most cars nowadays to …

News 18

Driver Study Assist Driver Assist Systems

How to focus when your mobile phone is distracting you from reading or writing

5 years ago

How to focus when your mobile phone is distracting you from reading or writing

Every evening I set my phone to "do not disturb" mode and try for an hour to read a novel. A high school English teacher has told RN's The Book …

ABC

Social Media Writing Reading Books

WA introduces new $1,000 fine for using mobile phones while driving, the equal highest in Australia

5 years, 2 months ago

WA introduces new $1,000 fine for using mobile phones while driving, the equal highest in Australia

The West Australian Government has announced harsh new penalties for using mobile phones while driving, introducing a maximum $1,000 on-the-spot fine for motorists. Key points: The penalty is the equal-harshest …

ABC

Australia Mobile Phones Mobile Fine

Texting with hands-free kit also dangerous while driving

5 years, 3 months ago

Texting with hands-free kit also dangerous while driving

Motorists who text with their phone in a hands-free holder are just as dangerous in traffic as drivers who text with their phones in their hands, according to a new …

NL Times

Road Safety Text Phone Holder

Google's Android finally gets focus mode to limit distractions

5 years, 4 months ago

Google's Android finally gets focus mode to limit distractions

Google has added yet another feature on Android, which is the new focus mode. "Focus mode is a new Digital Wellbeing tool on Android, now out of beta, that helps …

Google Android Focus Mode

The brain benefits of looking up from your phone

5 years, 9 months ago

The brain benefits of looking up from your phone

When you're in a queue, lining up for your morning coffee fix — what's the first thing you do? "If you were to either interact or to daydream, your brain …

ABC

Brain Contact Child Phone

Keep the phone in your pocket: Campaign launched before bikers fined for texting

5 years, 9 months ago

Keep the phone in your pocket: Campaign launched before bikers fined for texting

On Friday Minister Cora van Nieuwenhuizen of Infrastructure is launching a large-scale campaign to make everyone aware that texting while cycling is illegal in the Netherlands from Monday. The campaign, …

NL Times

Phone Van Nieuwenhuizen

Arizona joins 47 other states with cellphone-driving law

5 years, 11 months ago

Arizona joins 47 other states with cellphone-driving law

PHOENIX — Arizona ended a decade of resistance to restrictions on using a cellphone while driving when Gov. Bills to restrict phone use while driving have been introduced for years …

Associated Press

Law Driving Phone Republican

‘Techoference’ Disrupting Sleep, Productivity: Study

6 years ago

‘Techoference’ Disrupting Sleep, Productivity: Study

According to the survey, one in five women and one in eight men now lose sleep due to the time they spend on their mobile phone. About 12.6 per cent …

Mobile Phone Men Cent Disrupting Sleep

‘Techoference’ Disrupting Sleep, Productivity: Study

6 years ago

‘Techoference’ Disrupting Sleep, Productivity: Study

According to the survey, one in five women and one in eight men now lose sleep due to the time they spend on their mobile phone. About 12.6 per cent …

Mobile Phone Men Cent Disrupting Sleep

Four in five drivers put themselves and others in danger by being distracted at wheel, study claims

6 years, 7 months ago

Four in five drivers put themselves and others in danger by being distracted at wheel, study claims

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Driving Drivers Phone Cent

Man petitions Apple, Google for compulsory 'Do not disturb while driving' feature after friend paralysed

6 years, 9 months ago

Man petitions Apple, Google for compulsory 'Do not disturb while driving' feature after friend paralysed

A Tweed Coast man is petitioning Apple and Google to make phones automatically block incoming calls and texts in vehicles after his mate was left a paraplegic when he was …

ABC

Mobile Phones Mobile Google Apple

Technology is better than ever — but thousands of Americans still die in car crashes every year

6 years, 11 months ago

Technology is better than ever — but thousands of Americans still die in car crashes every year

Today, driving is arguably safer than ever been before. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called motor vehicle safety one of the top 10 U.S. public health achievements of …

Salon

States Driver Driving Laws

Beware! Talking while driving may have negative effects over drivers

7 years, 1 month ago

Beware! Talking while driving may have negative effects over drivers

Talking while driving may have negative effects over drivers While talking on the phone in the car is considered dangerous, talking with the fellow passenger in the car is equally …

Driving Drivers Phone Studies

Young workers most likely to use phones while driving

7 years, 3 months ago

Young workers most likely to use phones while driving

Distracted driving is a significant contributor to road accidents and fatalities. Both popular media and academic studies have portrayed young adults as being particularly prone to mobile phone use while …

ABC

Mobile Driving Phone Phones

MPs back plan to make texting while driving a criminal offence

7 years, 4 months ago

MPs back plan to make texting while driving a criminal offence

Sending text messages and apps from behind the wheel is likely to become a criminal offence after a majority of MPs said they backed a change in the law. The …

MPs back plan to make texting while driving a criminal offence

7 years, 4 months ago

MPs back plan to make texting while driving a criminal offence

Sending text messages and apps from behind the wheel is likely to become a criminal offence after a majority of MPs said they backed a change in the law. The …

Investigate smartphone use after all traffic accidents: Dutch politicians

7 years, 4 months ago

Investigate smartphone use after all traffic accidents: Dutch politicians

Dutch politicians want to intensify the fight against texting while driving. The VVD wants the police to always check a smartphone's history after a traffic accident, to see if it …

NL Times

Driving Smartphone Vvd Smartphone Use

Documentary captures young drivers using phones, taking selfies behind the wheel

7 years, 6 months ago

Documentary captures young drivers using phones, taking selfies behind the wheel

What do you get when you take five young people and put cameras in their cars for 10 days? "One thing I draw the line at is using while you're …

ABC

Driving Documentary Young Phone

Motorists believe answering phone while driving less risky than texting, study finds

7 years, 7 months ago

Motorists believe answering phone while driving less risky than texting, study finds

When you're driving and hear a mobile phone ringing, do you answer it or wait to return the call when you've arrived at your destination? A new road safety study …

ABC

Mobile Driving Risk Phone

New York to use device known as 'textalyzer' to bust drivers found texting while driving

7 years, 8 months ago

New York to use device known as 'textalyzer' to bust drivers found texting while driving

New York state will use the “textalyzer” device that will allow the police to determine whether a motorist involved in a crash was texting while driving. New York state is …

Law Technology New York New York State

About 60% admit taking their eyes off the wheel while driving

7 years, 9 months ago

About 60% admit taking their eyes off the wheel while driving

Some 60 percent of drivers in China have experienced distraction while driving, with their mobile phone the biggest culprit, according to a survey by Ford Motor Company and Tsinghua University. …

A selfie aware existence

7 years, 9 months ago

A selfie aware existence

It’s not uncommon to see cab drivers chattering away on their phones or bike riders pause for a selfie whilst driving through our traffic snarled city. It’s a fun thing …

Deccan Chronicle

Driving Phone Road

Kids annoyed by parents' mobile phone addictions; Unsafe driving a top concern

7 years, 10 months ago

Kids annoyed by parents' mobile phone addictions; Unsafe driving a top concern

A third of Dutch kids are annoyed by their parents' smartphone usage, especially in the car and at the dinner table. As many as 38 percent say that their parents …

NL Times

Parents Phone

Older drivers 'worst offenders' as NSW Police target mobile phone use while driving

7 years, 10 months ago

Older drivers 'worst offenders' as NSW Police target mobile phone use while driving

It's morning peak hour on Sydney's M5 motorway — traffic is crawling and police are watching. Six officers from the New South Wales Traffic and Highway Patrol are set up …

ABC

Drivers Phone Brooks Nsw

Crackdown catches 200 drivers a day using mobile phones behind the wheel

7 years, 10 months ago

Crackdown catches 200 drivers a day using mobile phones behind the wheel

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Mobile Phones Mobile Drivers Phone

'Textalyzer' Aims To Curb Distracted Driving, But What About Privacy?

7 years, 11 months ago

'Textalyzer' Aims To Curb Distracted Driving, But What About Privacy?

'Textalyzer' Aims To Curb Distracted Driving, But What About Privacy? "Phone records — as I found out the hard way — they're tough to get it's an agonizing process," says …

NPR

Driver Driving New York York

Driving while distracted: Urging companies to crack down

8 years ago

Driving while distracted: Urging companies to crack down

Editor’s Note: April is Distracted Driving Awareness month. Story highlights David Teater talks to companies about the case for corporate bans on using cell phones while driving In a 2010 …

CNN

Safety National Employees Companies

Police crackdown on using mobiles in cars begins

8 years, 1 month ago

Police crackdown on using mobiles in cars begins

Tougher penalties for drivers who use their mobile phones at the wheel come into force today. Motorists face higher penalties today for using their mobile phones while driving Transport secretary …

Social Media Mobile Driving Drivers

A rocket scientist says his gadget could end distracted driving. Will smartphone companies go along?

8 years, 4 months ago

A rocket scientist says his gadget could end distracted driving. Will smartphone companies go along?

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US Transportation Department issues guidelines for in-car systems to reduce distractions for drivers

8 years, 4 months ago

US Transportation Department issues guidelines for in-car systems to reduce distractions for drivers

The U.S. Transportation Department on Wednesday issued voluntary guidelines for makers of mobile devices, asking them to help keep eyes on the road by developing a “driver mode” that would …

Transportation Mobile Mobile Devices Driver