David Strayer's Distracted Driving Research - Department of Psychology

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Professor, Cognition and Neural Science

David Strayer, Joel Cooper, Francesco Biondi and colleagues have received media coverage on the release of their major report on distraction and car "infotainment" systems. The AAA Foundation Research has put together the following Media Overview. Dr. Strayer has also recently presented a TEDx talk on the subject of multi-tasking, attention, and the effect on the brain of taking a temporary break from technology.

Media Overview

NATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
DATE	HEADLINE	OUTLET
10/5/2017	How Car Technology May Lead to More Accidents	24/7 Wall Street
10/5/2017	GPS dangers for drivers	ABC News
10/5/2017	Distracted Driving	America This Morning
10/5/2017	New cars increasingly crammed with distracting technology	Associated Press
10/5/2017	AAA infotainment study ranks distracting tasks you shouldn't do while driving	AutoBlog
10/5/2017	First Shift: AAA finds distracting trend in new cars	Automotive News
10/5/2017	Nav systems among infotainment distractions, AAA study finds	Automotive News
10/5/2017	New cars are being crammed with distracting tech that takes drivers' eyes off the road	Business Insider (AP story)
10/5/2017	Study: Phones Aren't the Only Things Distracting Drivers	cars.com
10/5/2017	Dashboard Distractions	CBS Evening News
10/5/2017	Distracted Driving	CBS Morning News
10/5/2017	Distracted Driving	CBS Radio
10/5/2017	New cars increasingly crammed with distracting technology	CNBC (AP story)
10/5/2017	New infotainment tech causes big distractions, AAA study finds	CNET
10/5/2017	High-Tech Features Distract Drivers for Dangerously Long Periods, AAA Study Finds	Consumer Reports
10/5/2017	High-Tech Features Distract Drivers for Dangerously Long Periods, AAA Study Finds	Consumerist
10/5/2017	Voice-controlled car 'infotainment' systems are so dangerous to motorists they should be BANNED, experts warn	Daily Mail
10/5/2017	AAA says in-car tech systems are too distracting	Daily News
10/6/2017	New Warning on Distracting Technology in Cars	Early Today
10/5/2017	High-Tech Infotainment Systems Increase Driver Distraction, Study Finds	edmunds.com
10/5/2017	New cars increasingly crammed with distracting technology	Fox Business (AP story)
10/5/2017	Technology crammed into cars worsens driver distraction	Fox News
10/5/2017	Is Distracted Driving Getting Worse?	Fox News Radio
10/5/2017	New AAA Report on Distracted Driving Dangers	Good Morning America
10/5/2017	Report: Car infotainment systems could make you a wreck	Headline News
10/5/2017	AAA Study: Distracting Dashboard Gadgets, GPS Increase Car Accidents	International Business Times
10/5/2017	Playing Around With Your Infotainment System Is The One Thing More Dangerous Than Texting While Driving	Jalopnik
10/5/2017	Complex infotainment systems are putting driver lives at risk, says the AAA	Los Angeles Times
10/5/2017	Forget texting, the most dangerous distractions for drivers come with the car	MarketWatch
10/5/2017	Scientists are 'troubled' by new car technology that distracts drivers	Mashable
10/5/2017	New cars increasingly crammed with distracting technology	McClatchy (AP story)
10/5/2017	INFOTAINMENT SYSTEMS INCREASE DRIVER DISTRACTION, SAYS AAA	MotorTrend
10/5/2017	Eyes Off the Road	NBC Nightly News
10/5/2017	Distracted Driving	NBC Radio
10/5/2017	New Cars Increasingly Crammed With Distracting Technology	New York Times (AP story)
10/6/2017	Distracted Driving	PBS Newshour
10/5/2017	New vehicle infotainment systems create increased distractions behind the wheel	Phys.org
10/5/2017	Infotainment Systems Are Causing More Crashes, AAA Says	The Drive
10/5/2017	Study: Dashboard technology creating more distractions for drivers	The Hill
10/5/2017	Driven to Distraction	Today Show
10/5/2017	Is Your Car's Technology Driving You to Distraction?	U.S News & World Report
10/5/2017	New Cars Increasingly Crammed With Distracting Technology	U.S. News & World Report (AP story)
10/5/2017	Which cars are most distracting? AAA study reveals offenders	USA Today
10/5/2017	New cars have more distracting technology on board than ever before	Washington Post
10/6/2017	Distracted Driving	World News Now
10/5/2017	'Infotainment' in cars increases distracted driving: Study	Yahoo News

NATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

DATE

HEADLINE

OUTLET

10/5/2017

How Car Technology May Lead to More Accidents

24/7 Wall Street

10/5/2017

GPS dangers for drivers

ABC News

10/5/2017

Distracted Driving