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Professor’s unshocking discovery
James Oakwood
0 comments 27 March 2007
A university professor has conducted the first study into the effects of using an iPod when you’re driving, and you don’t need to be a genius to work out the results…
Dario Salvucci, the Professor of Computer Science at Drexel University, concluded that using an iPod when trying to control a car is similar to dialling a number on a mobile phone while driving.
“These findings serve as a first step toward understanding the potential effects of portable music-player interaction on driver behavior and performance,” said Salvucci. “Surprisingly, despite the plethora of research on driver distraction, there have been no studies to date of how interaction with a portable music player may affect driver performance.”
In conclusion, the study found:
1) Selecting a song or video on an iPod while driving significantly affected driver performance as measured by vehicle deviation from a lane’s center veering left or right.
2) Selecting media also affected the driver’s speed. Drivers reduced speed while searching for tunes on their iPod.
3) Watching videos significantly affected car-following speed.
All this is so blindingly obvious, that we have to ask why he bothered. Pay us enough money for research and we’ll happily provide conclusive evidence that drinking beer gets you drunk and eating chocolate makes you fat.
Story via PhysOrg.com. For the original story, go here.
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