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David Strayer's Distracted Driving Research

David

Professor, Cognition and Neural Science

E-mail: strayer@psych.utah.edu

 

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

Last Updated: 6/4/21