“You also find when there is a passenger in the car, almost everyone takes the exit. But half the people talking on the cell phone fail to take the exit," he added.
"The difference between a cell phone conversation and passenger conversation is due to the fact that the passenger is in the vehicle and knows what the traffic conditions are like, and they help the driver by reminding them of where to take an exit and pointing out,” Strayer added.
The study will be published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied.
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