In an attempt to make texting while driving safer, cellphone makers have started promoting the voice to text feature. It is still a distraction and not any safer than manual texting while driving.<\/p>\n
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety indicates hands-free cellphones in manual texting mode increase the risk of a crash six-fold. If they are in voice to texting mode, the risk is fourfold. There is no safety benefit in switching from manual texting to voice-activated texting. <\/p>\n
In fact, it is deceiving to the driver to think that voice to text is safer, allowing them to talk even more while they are driving, and not paying attention to what is going on around them. They are cognitively distracted no matter what mode their cellphone is in.<\/p>\n
In addition, another Canadian study has discovered cellphone usage while driving affects visual concentration, reaction-time, slows the brain in processing information, encourages more braking in panic, (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In an attempt to make texting while driving safer, cellphone makers have started promoting the voice to text feature. It is still a distraction and not any safer than manual texting while driving. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety indicates…<\/span><\/p>\n