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Using your phone while driving is dangerous. What about listening to music or eating?

  • Written by Johra Kayeser Fatima, Senior Lecturer, Marketing, University of Canberra
Using your phone while driving is dangerous. What about listening to music or eating? Rahul Himkar/Unsplash

In Australia, around 16% of major road accidents (such as multi-vehicle crashes and pedestrian collisions) involve distracted driving.

Distracted driving happens when people shift their attention from the primary task of driving to a secondary task such as using a mobile phone or eating.

We recently examined the specific...

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