{"id":407366949,"date":"2017-11-28T21:29:09","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T21:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=407366949"},"modified":"2017-11-28T21:29:09","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T21:29:09","slug":"new-cars-increasingly-crammed-with-distracting-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=407366949","title":{"rendered":"New cars increasingly crammed with distracting technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The infotainment technology that automakers are cramming into the dashboard of new vehicles is making drivers take their eyes off the road and hands off the wheel for dangerously long periods of time, an AAA study says.<br \/>\nThe study released Thursday is the latest by University of Utah professor David Strayer, who has been examining the impact of infotainment systems on safety for AAA\u2019s Foundation for Traffic Safety since 2013. Past studies also identified problems, but Strayer said the \u201cexplosion of technology\u201d has made things worse.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s adding more and more layers of complexity and information at drivers\u2019 fingertips without often considering whether it\u2019s a good idea to put it at their fingertips,\u201d Strayer said. That complexity increases the overall amount of time drivers spend trying to use the systems.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/apnews.com\/62ae17477d3a49fa849a42e932e64ae7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The infotainment technology that automakers are cramming into the dashboard of new vehicles is making drivers take their eyes off the road and hands off the wheel for dangerously long periods of time, an AAA study says. The study released Thursday is the latest by University of Utah professor David Strayer, who &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=407366949\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New cars increasingly crammed with distracting technology&#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-407366949","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\/407366949","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=407366949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407366949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=407366949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=407366949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=407366949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}