Distracted driving
Studies have shown that talking on your phone or texting while driving increases the risk of an accident fourfold, causing as many as 2600 deaths and 330,000 accidents on roads every year. This hour, a conversation on the dangers of distracted driving. We talk with MYRON LEVIN, an investigative journalist, DAVID STRAYER, a psychologist at the University of Utah, and DAVID TEATER with the National Safety Council. Listen to the mp3
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