Hi-tech cars distract driver

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Research by the University of Oxford has shown that car drivers are distracted by top-of-the-range, high-tech cars. These cars often have up to 100 pieces of information on the dashboard displays which can produce a sensory overload and cause the driver to miss important visual warnings on the road. The use of a mobile phone whilst driving is said to be one of the most distracting thing, as people are distracted from the road by their attempts to hold a conversation at the same time. It has been suggested that in order to get around the problem of the drivers attention being split between the road and the phone at his/her ear, that the sound from the phone should come from in front of the driver, so that all his/her attention is focused straight ahead. Up to 25% of people performed better in tests when both the visual and auditory communications came from the same position in the car.

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UK: Research by the University of Oxford has shown that car drivers are distracted by top-of-the-range, high-tech cars

Drivers (Vehicles), Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation, Motor vehicle drivers, Article

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Liar, liar, pants on fire

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Everybody believes that they can tell when somebody is lying, but in fact their assumptions are generally incorrect. Most people fail to detect skilful lying because they feel that lying is easily noticeable. However, research indicates that, although clear signs of lying can be suppressed, there will still be certain very subtle signs, such as momentary hesitations. Many companies are very interested in screening out potential recruits who are lying, but it has not yet proved possible to develop an undetectable physiological method of lie-detection.

Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing, Polygraphs, Psychological aspects, Research, Instrument industry (Equipment), Testing and measuring equipment industry, Truthfulness and falsehood, Lie detectors and detection, Lie detector tests

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