{"217951":{"#nid":"217951","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The Problem with Hands-Free Dashboard Cellphones","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers have fallen short of explaining why drivers are so easily distracted until now. In two peer-reviewed academic journals, assistant professor \u003Cstrong\u003ERobert Rosenberger\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;of the \u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/strong\u003E explains that because people talk on the phone on a regular basis, they have developed learned habits that take over their awareness, sometimes entirely.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBy habit, a driver\u2019s overall awareness is overtaken by the content of the phone conversation and not the demands of driving,\u201d said Rosenberger, a researcher in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Public Policy. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t even matter if the person\u2019s intent to focus on driving is stronger than the willingness to talk on the phone. Sooner or later, the phone-associated habits will subtly tug the awareness away from the road.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27848","created_gmt":"2013-06-18 13:05:29","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:32","author":"Claire Woodring","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Fulmer Prize","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/cacm.acm.org\/magazines\/2013\/4\/162505-the-problem-with-hands-free-dashboard-cellphones\/fulltext","dateline":{"date":"2013-06-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-06-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"},{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}