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  2. Restrictions on cell phone use while driving in the United ...

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    The laws regulating driving (or "distracted driving") may be subject to primary enforcement or secondary enforcement by state, county or local authorities. [1]All state-level cell phone use laws in the United States are of the "primary enforcement" type — meaning an officer may cite a driver for using a hand-held cell phone without any other traffic offense having taken place — except in ...

  3. Mobile phones and driving safety - Wikipedia

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    Using a mobile phone while driving can definitely have economic costs to the driver using the phone (ex. paying for costs of collision, losing pay if late to work from distracted driving, etc.). More interesting however is how a driver's mobile phone use while driving can have external effects on both other drivers' safety and other drivers ...

  4. Texting while driving - Wikipedia

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    Texting while driving creates unnecessary distractions, and can be dangerous. Texting while driving, also called texting and driving, is the act of composing, sending, or reading text messages on a mobile phone while operating a motor vehicle.

  5. Talk:Mobile phones and driving safety - Wikipedia

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    Not everyone with a subscription is of driving age and not everyone with a subscription uses their phones while driving. Furthermore, a single person can have multiple subscriptions and phones, even on different wireless networks, for work and personal use. Prevalence and exposure of cell phone use while driving is a more relevant measure.

  6. Driving simulator - Wikipedia

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    It was a serious educational street driving simulator that used 3D polygon technology and a sit-down arcade cabinet to simulate realistic driving, including basics such as ensuring the car is in neutral or parking position, starting the engine, placing the car into gear, releasing the hand-brake, and then driving. The player can choose from ...

  7. Distracted driving - Wikipedia

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    A woman texting while driving. Distracted driving is the act of driving while engaging in other activities which distract the driver's attention away from the road. . Distractions are shown to compromise the safety of the driver, passengers, pedestrians, and people in oth

  8. Sim racing - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the division between arcade-style racing and sim racing, the earliest attempts at providing driving simulation experiences were arcade racing video games, dating back to Pole Position, [25] a 1982 arcade game developed by Namco, which the game's publisher Atari publicized for its "unbelievable driving realism" in providing a Formula 1 experience behind a racing wheel at the time.

  9. Vehicle simulation game - Wikipedia

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    For example, accurate flight simulators will ensure that the vehicle responds slowly to their controls, while other games will treat the plane more like a car in order to simplify the game. [1] In both driving games and flight simulators, players have come to expect a high degree of verisimilitude where vehicles are scaled to realistic sizes. [1]