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Most of us are neither pilots nor astronauts. We are not trained to steer large hulks of steel and gasoline while manipulating s
Most of us are neither pilots nor astronauts. We are not trained to steer large hulks of steel and gasoline while manipulating s
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2017-11-28
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Most of us are neither pilots nor astronauts. We are not trained to steer large hulks of steel and gasoline while manipulating small computers. So there’s something blindingly obvious about the risks of texting while driving. Yet research is beginning to show that driving while simply talking on a cell phone — including using hands-free technology — can prove dangerous, even deadly.
In late July, the Center for Auto Safety released hundreds of pages of a study that identified the cell phone as a serious safety hazard when used on the road. And though it’s impossible to accurately calculate how many car accidents nationwide are cell phone related, David Strayer, a psychology professor at the University of Utah, estimates that only 2% of people are able to safely multitask while driving.
Strayer, who for more than a decade has been studying the effects driving and cell-phone use have on the brain, says those 2% are probably the same people who would be really good fighter pilots. Rarities. Some of Strayer’s other findings show that most drivers tend to stare straight ahead while using a cell phone and are less influenced by peripheral vision. In other words, "cell phones," he says, "make you blind to your own bad driving."
And even though the common assumption is that hands-free technology has reduced the more dangerous side effects of cell-phone use, a series of tests conducted by Strayer seems to indicate the opposite. A passenger acted as another set of eyes for the driver in the test and even stopped or started talking depending on the difficulty of conditions outside the car. Meanwhile, half the drivers talking on a hands-free phone failed, bypassing the rest area the test had called for them to stop at.
Part of the problem may be that when people direct their attention to sound, the visual capacity of their brain decreases, says Steven Yantis, a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Johns Hopkins University. It can be as if a driver is seeing the image in her head of the person she is talking to, thereby decreasing her ability to see what’s actually in front of her.
In Strayer’s tests, the drivers were required to______.
选项
A、stop at a certain rest area
B、bypass a certain rest area
C、be aware of the dangerous side effects of cell-phone use
D、stop talking to the passenger under difficult conditions
答案
A
解析
事实细节题。根据题干中的Strayer’s tests将答案出处定位于第四段。该段提到,在测试中,半数使用手机免提功能通话的司机未通过测试,他们绕过了测试要求他们停靠的休息区。由此可知,测试要求司机停靠在某个休息区,故答案为[A]项。[B]项是未通过测试的司机的错误做法,故排除;[C]项文中未提及,故排除;[D]项是利用第四段第二句中stopped or started talking depending on the difficulty of conditions…设置的无关干扰,故排除。
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