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ScienceDaily: Living Well News

ScienceDaily: Living Well News


Favorite music makes teens drive badly: Teen driver music preferences increase errors and distractibility

Posted: 23 Aug 2013 06:13 AM PDT

When the teen drivers listened to their preferred music, virtually all (98 percent) demonstrated an average of three deficient driving behaviors in at least one of the trips. Nearly a third of those (32 percent) required a a sudden verbal warning or command for action, and 20 percent needed an assisted steering or braking maneuver to prevent an imminent accident. These errors included speeding, tailgating, careless lane switching, passing vehicles and one-handed driving.

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