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Behind-the-wheel multitasking.

Publication: Test & Measurement World
Publication Date: 01-AUG-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Rick Nelson, Editor in Chief

There are many ways of looking at the dangers of using mobile communications devices while driving. Back in 2002, I addressed the costs and (supposed) benefits of TWD, or talking while driving (Ref. 1). The "benefits," it was argued disingenuously at the time, stemmed from calculations based on the so-called VSL (value of a statistical life) spec, which then equaled $6.6 million. At the time, I suggested (also disingenuously) that technology would solve...

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