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Other notable portrayals include The Fosters (Season 3, Episode 13), where teachers navigate the impact of social media and cell phones on students' attention, and Boy Meets World, which touches on the broader theme of school-related distractions, with more recent spin-offs like Girl Meets World directly addressing the challenges of cell phone ...
Cell phones and electronic devices used for cyberbullying will be confiscated. Recording devices may be used in a classroom, but only as a learning aid and only with the prior approval of the ...
US statistics show over 8 people are killed and 1,161 injured daily due to distracted driving. [60] At any given daylight moment in the US, approximately 660,000 drivers are using cell phones or electronic devices while driving. [60]
Using a cell phone while driving increases the driver's risk of causing a crash. Drivers can become distracted, decreasing the driver's awareness on the road, leading to more car crashes. When drivers talk on cell phones the risk of an automobile crash resulting in hospitalization is four times higher than when not talking on a cell phone. [8]
Not so fast, says psychologist Pete Etchells in his new book, Unlocked, publishing March 21. Etchells, a professor of psychology and science communication at Bath Spa University in the U.K ...
Today, at least 1 in 10 American survey respondents get a new smartphone every year, according to a poll published in 2022 by SlashGear. Most respondents said they wait two to three years before ...
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
Meta-analysis by The Canadian Automobile Association [49] and The University of Illinois [50] found that response time while using both hands-free and hand-held phones was approximately 0.5 standard deviations higher than normal driving (i.e., an average driver, while talking on a cell phone, has response times of a driver in roughly the 40th ...