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Teens and Distracted Driving  
Source
 The dangers of using phones while driving 
 The health hazards phones cause 
 The academic issues phones cause 
Gaps?
Accident Analysis & Prevention
pg. 6 
notes: The relative size of the mean effect size indicates that measures of lateral control or lane tracking had minimal impact on driver performance while conversating on the phone, but across studies, these effects were quite variable.

  
 pg. 3 
notes: In 2008 5,870 fatalities
and an estimated 515,000 were injured in police-reported crashes in which at least one form of distraction was reported.


pg. 3 
notes: there is a gap in understanding to what extent specific behaviors and relative lack of driving experience contribute. 
 A Study on Some of the Common Health Effects of Cell Phones amongst College Students
 pg. 4
notes: 
Cell phone driving, no doubt is a major cause of road accidents today. Often we see it right in front of our eyes or have been through one as our friend/driver has used a device en route to some place. 
 pg. 1 
notes: 
Constant usage to cell phones has affected people physically and psychologically by making them have aches and pains in some disability too: lose their required amount of sleep; get angry and scrap over trivial matters, and so on.     


 Costly Cell Phones: The Impact of Cell Phone Rings on Academic Performance


pg. 1
Note:
Despite evidence that people consider the use and ringing of cell phones in the classroom inappropriate and problematic (Wei & Leung, 1999), with both faculty and students reporting support for efforts to regulate cell phone use (Campbell, 2006), ringing cell phones continue to invade college classrooms(Gilroy, 2004).

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