{"id":195208171,"date":"2011-03-10T08:29:31","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T08:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=195208171"},"modified":"2011-03-10T08:29:31","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T08:29:31","slug":"quit-googling-yourself-and-drive-about-20-of-drivers-using-web-behind-the-wheel-study-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=195208171","title":{"rendered":"Quit Googling yourself and drive: About 20% of drivers using Web behind the wheel, study says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Forget texting and driving or talking on the phone and driving: Those extremely dangerous habits are old hat.  The new worry, says a survey released by State Farm this week, is what the insurance company cleverly calls &quot;webbing while driving.&quot;<br \/>\nThat means looking up Web pages, following driving directions, reading and composing e-mails, checking Facebook, and twiddling with smart-phone apps &#8212; activities that require sustained concentration and multiple key presses.<br \/>\nAmong the 912 smart-phone users State Farm surveyed, more than 19% of them &quot;webbed&quot; while driving, the company said. For those who prefer fractions, that&#8217;s one smart-phone-equipped driver out of every five.<br \/>\n&quot;We are working to prevent crashes and save lives,&quot; Cindy Garretson, State Farm&#8217;s director of auto technology research, said in a statement. &quot;This research takes us one step closer to understanding the driver distractions that affect everyone on our roadways.&quot;<br \/>\nAs an insurance company, State Farm has an interest in minimizing accidents and damage payouts, but who can argue with minimizing hazardous driving?<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/technology\/2011\/03\/honk-if-youre-googling-20-of-drivers-using-web-behind-the-wheel-says-study.html\">https:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/technology\/2011\/03\/honk-if-youre-googling-20-of-drivers-using-web-behind-the-wheel-says-study.html<\/a>oldId.20110310082931924<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forget texting and driving or talking on the phone and driving: Those extremely dangerous habits are old hat. The new worry, says a survey released by State Farm this week, is what the insurance company cleverly calls &quot;webbing while driving.&quot; That means looking up Web pages, following driving directions, reading and composing e-mails, checking Facebook, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=195208171\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Quit Googling yourself and drive: About 20% of drivers using Web behind the wheel, study says&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195208171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195208171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=195208171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195208171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=195208171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=195208171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=195208171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}