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News Sat-navs driving motorists to distraction One of the biggest stories in July was the launch of the 3G iPhone and silicon.com cast its eye over the eagerly anticipated device to see if it's any cop for businesses. [31 Jul 2008]
Are sat-navs causing havoc on the roads?
News Sat-navs not only drive motorists to distraction, they've also been driving silicon.com readers to rage following a recent story concerning the devices. However, many readers argued a map is much more of a distraction. [24 Jul 2008]
Sat-navs driving motorists to distraction
News But the survey also suggests sat-nav devices distract and confuse millions of drivers, and encourage a variety of dangerous driving behaviours. Worrying effects on drivers include almost a fifth (19 per cent) of sat-nav users who said it caused... [22 Jul 2008]
Profiles in Driver Distraction: Effects of Cell Phone Conversations on Younger and Older Drivers
White Paper The research in this paper examined the effects of hands-free cell phone conversations on simulated driving. The paper founds that driving performance of both younger and older adults was influenced by cell phone conversations. [12 May 2006]
Compliance brings IT security to the board table
News In a statement, Edwin Bennett, global director of security risk services for the firm, said: "Compliance is proving to be more of a distraction than a catalyst for information security becoming aligned within organisations. [02 Nov 2005]
20,000 Scots flout mobile phone driving ban
News Assistant chief constable Ian Learmonth, lead on this issue for Acpos, said in a statement: "Distraction from driving could result in the loss of someone's life. Scottish police are to launch a crackdown on motorists flouting the mobile phone... [17 Oct 2005]
Safety Driver Manager
White Paper Voice control becomes more efficient in reducing driver distraction if drivers can speak commands in a natural manner rather than having to remember one or two variants supported by the system. Telematics services in cars (like navigation, cellular... [11 Apr 2005]
Fewer than 200 prosecuted under mobile driving ban
News It has been compared to drink-driving in terms of driver distraction and we would like to see a much higher fine when you consider people who smoke on buses can be fined £1,000," she said. Fewer than 200 people have been prosecuted in the last 12... [09 Mar 2005]
Zafi top threat as Netsky nuisance persists
News The Zafi worm was the most prominent virus of the past month, though the plague of Netsky variants continues to be a thorn in the side of any IT department. Sasser is also lingering in the list of top 10 reported viruses, and Bagle and Sober are... [01 Jul 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.04.04
Round-Up The article explained that as traffic in London tends to move more slowly, drivers can afford a little distraction from their handsets. Or words to that effect.silicon.com opened a whole can of beans this year when we joined in with the annual... [02 Apr 2004]
Bush gives seal of approval to 'flawed' US spam laws
News Bush's signature comes as the flow of solicitations from bogus confidants of deposed Nigerian dictators has reached an all-time high, bedeviling corporate America and driving individual PC users to distraction. [17 Dec 2003]
Banning mobile use in cars - some implications
Comment Having to concentrate on a conversation and on driving at the same time is a cognitive distraction. This is because, in principle, there appear to be two different types of driver distraction - physical and so-called cognitive. [01 Jul 2003]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.06.03
Round-Up Now if you can read this, then your email must be working - which is good, because apparently when our email doesn't work we turn into rage-filled balls of hate. In fact email deprivation is apparently more stressful than divorce or marriage. [06 Jun 2003]
Is the end nigh for spam?
News The UK government has announced plans to crack down on the proliferation of unsolicited email which is clogging up inboxes and driving users to distraction. Ecommerce minister Stephen Timms has announced a number of new proposals which it is hoped... [27 Mar 2003]
Mobile users face road ban: your reader comments
News We all know that mobiles are a distraction to driving and now we have to admit it to ourselves. The government can make as many laws regarding driving as they like, but, due to the fact that there are so few police on our roads to enforce them... [21 Aug 2002]
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