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Talking While Driving A Simulator

Caption: Joel Cooper, a University of Utah doctoral student in psychology, demonstrates how subjects in a new study talked on a cell phone while operating a driving simulator. The new Utah study found that motorists on cell phones contribute to traffic congestion because they drive slower and are less likely to pass slow-moving vehicles.

Credit: Ivana Vladisavljevic, University of Utah.

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