{"id":5191,"date":"2018-04-26T09:44:18","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T09:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/?p=5191"},"modified":"2019-04-12T14:00:21","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T14:00:21","slug":"distraction-denial-stage-4-hands-free-calls-are-ok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/distraction-denial-stage-4-hands-free-calls-are-ok\/","title":{"rendered":"Distraction Denial Stage 4: Hands-free calls are OK"},"content":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s the difference between a hand-held phone conversation and a hands-free phone conversation\u00a0while driving? In Stage 4 of our Seven Stages of Distraction Denial<\/em> series eDriving\u2019s award-winning Brain Scientist Advisor Paul Atchley Ph.D. reveals the answer, and provides an insight into exactly what happens to the brain\u00a0when\u00a0a person\u00a0engages in a phone conversation while driving.<\/p>\n

Stage 4: Hands-free calls are OK and no worse than talking to a passenger<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Is there a difference between hand-held phone use and hands-free phone use? <\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s the brain that\u2019s the problem; not the hands. That\u2019s why, in terms of distraction, using a hands-free phone is virtually no different to using a hand-held phone. In eDriving\u2019s Seven Stages of Distraction Denial webinar<\/a>, I talk about research carried out by myself and university colleagues in which we examined hundreds of measurements across a multitude of studies into the effect of hand-held and hands-free phones. It\u2019s interesting how little difference there is between the two!<\/p>\n

What happens to a driver\u2019s brain when they engage in a hands-free conversation?\u00a0 <\/strong>
\nAlmost exactly the same as what happens to a driver who is engaged in a hand-held conversation. What\u2019s amazing to me is when you look at someone who is engaged in a hands-free conversation, they will go from being a driver that\u2019s scanning as far left as the oncoming traffic and as far right as the sidewalk where a kid might be playing, and down the roadway as far as they can see, to someone that is scanning about the width of the steering wheel and about the distance of the front bumper of the car.<\/p>\n

Does this mean that talking to passengers is just as distracting for drivers? <\/strong>
\nThis is one of the most common questions I get asked when I talk about distracted driving. But there are some significant differences between an in-car conversation and a conversation with someone on a cell phone. The passenger is aware of what is happening on the roadway around them and passengers tend to modulate the conversation to suit road demands.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>To learn more about this stage and all<\/em> Seven Stages of Distraction Denial, view eDriving\u2019s webinar<\/a> with Dr. Atchley in which he provides further insights and tips for avoiding distracted driving.<\/p>\n

Distraction Denial Stage 5: My car’s technology makes me safe<\/a><\/p>\n

Previous stages
\n<\/i><\/b>Distraction Denial Stage 1: I am a better driver than most<\/a>
\nDistraction Denial Stage 2: I am really good at multitasking<\/a>
\nDistraction Denial Stage 3: It\u2019s OK to text at stoplights<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s the difference between a hand-held phone conversation and a hands-free phone conversation\u00a0while driving? In Stage 4 of our Seven Stages of Distraction Denial series eDriving\u2019s award-winning Brain Scientist Advisor Paul Atchley Ph.D. reveals the answer, and provides an insight into exactly what happens to the brain\u00a0when\u00a0a person\u00a0engages in a phone conversation while driving. Stage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":5193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-driving-for-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}