Hands-free just as distracting as handheld mobile phone use behind the wheel

(Queensland University of Technology) Talking hands-free on a mobile phone while driving is just as distracting as a conversation using a hand-held phone, despite one being illegal and the other not, a QUT road safety study has found. Dr. Shimul (Md Mazharul) Haque, from QUT's School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment and Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety -- Queensland, presented his findings at a Driving Distraction Seminar held at QUT in November.

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