{"id":256952758,"date":"2013-02-21T23:45:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T23:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=256952758"},"modified":"2013-02-21T23:45:58","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T23:45:58","slug":"new-data-from-virginia-tech-transportation-institute-provides-insight-into-cell-phone-use-and-driving-distraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=256952758","title":{"rendered":"New data from Virginia Tech Transportation Institute provides insight into cell phone use and driving distraction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;<br \/>\nRisk Estimates<br \/>\nA snapshot of risk estimates from these studies includes the following:<br \/>\nFor light vehicles or cars<br \/>\n* Dialing a cell phone made the risk of crash or near-crash event 2.8 times as high as non-distracted driving;<br \/>\n* Talking or listening to a cell phone made the risk of crash or near-crash event 1.3 times as high as non-distracted driving; and<br \/>\n* Reaching for an object such as an electronic device made the risk of crash or near-crash event 1.4 times as high as non-distracted driving.<br \/>\nFor heavy vehicles or trucks<br \/>\n* Dialing a cell phone made the risk of crash or near-crash event 5.9 times as high as non-distracted driving;<br \/>\n* Talking or listening to a cell phone made the risk of crash or near-crash event 1.0 times as high as non-distracted driving;<br \/>\n* Use of, or reach for, an electronic device made the risk of crash or near-crash event 6.7 times as high as non-distracted driving; and<br \/>\n* Text messaging made the risk of crash or near-crash event 23.2 times as high as non-distracted driving.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtnews.vt.edu\/articles\/2009\/07\/2009-571.html\">https:\/\/www.vtnews.vt.edu\/articles\/2009\/07\/2009-571.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; Risk Estimates A snapshot of risk estimates from these studies includes the following: For light vehicles or cars * Dialing a cell phone made the risk of crash or near-crash event 2.8 times as high as non-distracted driving; * Talking or listening to a cell phone made the risk of crash or near-crash event &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=256952758\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New data from Virginia Tech Transportation Institute provides insight into cell phone use and driving distraction&#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-256952758","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\/256952758","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=256952758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256952758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=256952758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=256952758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=256952758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}