So on one of my fav tech websites, engadget, recently, there were two different articles about how a certain piece of technology had affected a driver's performance on the road. The first was a woman who reportedly followed the advice or directions on her GPS rather than watching or heeding the road signs. The result: she plunged her mercedes and herself into a very swollen river. So GPSs are awesome devices that are extremely helpful when searching for a location, but maybe they should be used alongside the 'old fashioned' roadsigns
The other article was rather amusing. It made me laugh anyways. Apparently a study done by Drexel University showed that using iPods while driving affected the performance of drivers. REALLY??? you mean playing around with a touch wheel and watching movies while im driving will make my driving, shall we say, slightly hazardous?? shocker. i never knew. Apparently common sense is in short supply these days.
Thankfully all the studies were done by simulation. So no one was actually hurt by this stupidity. And the woman in the car came out fine, if a bit shaken.
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Well firstly,you didn't hear this from me, but she IS a woman driver. Nevertheless, does the listening to ipods also affect driver performance.?
ouch. im hurt raunak. and yes i would think having earphones in might be bad while trying to concentrate on driving
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