Cell phones distract drivers more than passengers

Cell phone calls distract drivers far more than even the chattiest passenger and using a hands-free device does not make things better, reports Reuters.

The esearchers believe they know why -- passengers act as a second set of eyes, shutting up or sometimes even helping when they see the driver needs to make a maneuver.

... Lee Strayer of the University of Utah and colleagues have found in a series of experiments using driving simulators that hands-free cell phones are just as distracting as handheld models.

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