{"id":11227,"date":"2011-12-11T08:32:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T08:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/use-of-mobile-phones-risky-while\/"},"modified":"2018-06-04T17:09:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T17:09:08","slug":"use-of-mobile-phones-risky-while","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/use-of-mobile-phones-risky-while\/","title":{"rendered":"Use of Mobile Phones Risky While Driving"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr KK Aggarwal<\/i><\/b>
\nPadma Shri and Dr B C Roy National Awardee
President, Heart Care Foundation of India<\/b><\/p>\n

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<\/b>Talking on a mobile phone while driving is more hazardous than operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.<\/p>\n

Tests conducted by UK scientists involved 20 subjects using a driving simulator to test reaction times and driving performance.<\/p>\n

Researchers tested how driving impairment was affected when drivers were talking on a handheld mobile phone or a hands-free phone, and when drivers had consumed enough alcohol to register above the legal blood-alcohol limit.<\/p>\n

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\n1. Driver\u2019s reaction times were, on average, 30 percent slower when talking on a handheld mobile phone than when legally drunk. And 50 percent slower than under normal driving conditions (no alcohol).<\/p>\n

2. Drivers talking on phones were less able than drunk drivers to maintain a constant speed, and they had greater difficulty keeping a safe distance from the car in front.<\/p>\n

3. Using a handheld mobile phone had the greatest impact on driving performance. On average, it took handheld mobile phone users half a second longer to react than normal and a third of a second longer to react compared to when they were drunk. At 70 mph, this half-second difference is equivalent to traveling an additional 46 feet before reacting to a road hazard, researchers said.<\/p>\n

4. Hands free mobile was no safer.<\/p>\n

5. Clearly the safest course of action is to not use a cell phone while driving.<\/p>\n

6. Remember the combination will be the worst.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr KK Aggarwal Padma Shri and Dr B C Roy National AwardeePresident, Heart Care Foundation of India Talking on a mobile phone while driving is more hazardous than operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Tests conducted by UK scientists involved 20 subjects using a driving simulator to test reaction times and driving performance. Researchers tested how driving impairment was affected when drivers were talking on a handheld mobile phone or a hands-free phone, and when drivers had consumed enough alcohol to register above the legal blood-alcohol limit. 1. Driver\u2019s reaction times were, on average, 30 percent slower <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,1,66],"tags":[80,65,1879],"class_list":["post-11227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-update","category-useful-informations","tag-health","tag-member-article","tag-update","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44107,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11227\/revisions\/44107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}