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Andrea Glaze and James Ellis, "Pilot Study of Distracted Drivers," Center for Public Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University, January 2003 (vcu.edu/cppweb)
In a first-ever study of the causes of driver distraction, Andrea Glaze and James Ellis find that distractions outside of involved vehicles cause most distracted-driver crashes. While Virginia (where the data were collected) bans talking on mobile phones without special equipment during driving, portable phones were a factor in less than 4 percent of the crashes noted.
Driver fatigue, the leading cause of crashes overall, resulted in 17 percent of all incidents studied. Drivers watching traffic events outside of their own vehicles--often other car ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Keep your eyes on the road. (Society).(Brief Article)