More critical thinking skills

[cjsmith]

I've heard mention of a study indicating that it is more distracting to drive with an infant in a car seat than it is to drive using a cell phone. Anyone know more? Please point me to the study.

(I'd love to see one on talking to other people inside the car, too. Actual data, not conjecture or anecdote.)

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

The "phone call equivalent to two beers" stat comes from a study done by mercedes, if I remember correctly; they also concluded that it was the mental-space distraction, not the poor ergonomics, because it happened with integrated-handsfree too. Unfortunately, a couple of minutes of googling only finds jokes and rants, but not the study; I haven't tried looking under news.google specifically yet. _Mark_