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Using Cell Phone While Driving Worse Than Drunk Driving
Aired July 23, 2003 - 06:16 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Time now for some business buzz. Many of us are guilty of this and new research says it's as bad as drunk driving.
Let's get the story from Carrie Lee who joins us from the Nasdaq market site in New York.
What is it -- Carrie?
CARRIE LEE, CNN FINANCIAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Carol, talking on your cell phone while you're driving, in fact, more dangerous, believe it or not, than drunk driving, this according to a University of Utah survey. Researchers say that drivers are less able to take in visual information while they are distracted by using their cell phones. And drivers on cell phones also reacted less quickly than drunk drivers.
Now the study compared drivers talking on their cell phones to drivers with blood alcohol levels of .8 and that's the legal limit in most states. This is all happening while some states are debating whether to ban cell phone use while driving outright. Hands-free talking is still legal. But right now in the state of New York, as well as a few local jurisdictions around the United States, it is illegal to use a hand-held cell phone while you're driving. You can use a hands-free device. But according to this survey, Carol, doesn't seem to really help that much.
And just in case you were wondering, 110 university students participated in this. They did use a driving simulator, however, they weren't actually riding around in cars after drinking alcohol.
COSTELLO: Well that certainly is a relief.
Quick look at the futures.
LEE: Yes, things look pretty good this morning. We did see a nice rally yesterday. The Dow up about seven tenths of a percent, the Nasdaq up about 1.5 percent. Stocks to watch include Amazon.com, swinging to a profit versus a loss last year. Sun Microsystems, though, came in a little bit shy of the Wall Street estimate. And we've just heard from our parent company, AOL Time Warner. On a net basis, profits rose about 150 percent. So it looks like a fairly solid quarter from AOL Time Warner. That's what we're looking at so far -- Carol.
COSTELLO: All right. Carrie Lee, we'll get back to you live from New York this morning.
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Aired July 23, 2003 - 06:16 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Time now for some business buzz. Many of us are guilty of this and new research says it's as bad as drunk driving.
Let's get the story from Carrie Lee who joins us from the Nasdaq market site in New York.
What is it -- Carrie?
CARRIE LEE, CNN FINANCIAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Carol, talking on your cell phone while you're driving, in fact, more dangerous, believe it or not, than drunk driving, this according to a University of Utah survey. Researchers say that drivers are less able to take in visual information while they are distracted by using their cell phones. And drivers on cell phones also reacted less quickly than drunk drivers.
Now the study compared drivers talking on their cell phones to drivers with blood alcohol levels of .8 and that's the legal limit in most states. This is all happening while some states are debating whether to ban cell phone use while driving outright. Hands-free talking is still legal. But right now in the state of New York, as well as a few local jurisdictions around the United States, it is illegal to use a hand-held cell phone while you're driving. You can use a hands-free device. But according to this survey, Carol, doesn't seem to really help that much.
And just in case you were wondering, 110 university students participated in this. They did use a driving simulator, however, they weren't actually riding around in cars after drinking alcohol.
COSTELLO: Well that certainly is a relief.
Quick look at the futures.
LEE: Yes, things look pretty good this morning. We did see a nice rally yesterday. The Dow up about seven tenths of a percent, the Nasdaq up about 1.5 percent. Stocks to watch include Amazon.com, swinging to a profit versus a loss last year. Sun Microsystems, though, came in a little bit shy of the Wall Street estimate. And we've just heard from our parent company, AOL Time Warner. On a net basis, profits rose about 150 percent. So it looks like a fairly solid quarter from AOL Time Warner. That's what we're looking at so far -- Carol.
COSTELLO: All right. Carrie Lee, we'll get back to you live from New York this morning.
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