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IN A MASSIVE MANHUNT
IN A NEIGHBORHOOD
NOT FAR FROM THE
SCENE OF THE BOSTON
MARATHON BOMBING.
SUSAN MCGINNIS HAS
MORE FROM BOSTON.
EXPLOSIONS AND A
TWO AND A HALF
SECONDS ...
THAT DOESN'T SEEM
LIKE MUCH TIME AT ALL
...
BUT A LOT CAN HAPPEN
IN THAT AMOUNT OF
TIME WHEN YOU'RE
DRIVING A VEHICLE.
IN A STUDY DONE BY A
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
RESEARCHER ... AT THE
TEXAS
TRANSPORTATION
INSTITUTE ...
TWO AND A HALF
SECONDS WAS THE
AVERAGE AMOUNT OF
TIME EYES LEAVE THE
ROAD WHILE TEXTING.
BUT SOME
PARTICIPANTS TOOK
THEIR EYES OFF THE
ROAD FOR AT LEAST
15-SECONDS.
RESEARCH SHOWS
TEXTING ACTUALLY
CHANGES HOW YOUR
MIND INTERPRETS THE
ROAD IN FRONT OF YOU.
WE'VE SEEN WHAT CAN
HAPPEN ...
WHEN SOMEONE TEXTS
WHILE DRIVING.
JOEL COOPER IS A
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
PROFESSOR AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH.
HE'S BEEN STUDYING
DISTRACTED DRIVING
FOR ABOUT 10-YEARS.
COOPER'S RAN A
NUMBER OF STUDIES
CENTERED AROUND
TEXTING WHILE
DRIVING.
COOPER AND HIS TEAM
LOOKED AT THREE
CONDITIONS ...
- DRIVING WHILE
PAYING FULL
ATTENTION TO THE
ROADWAY
- DRIVING WHILE
READING A TEXT
MESSAGE
- AND DRIVING WHILE
TYPING A TEXT
MESSAGE
TO MAKE THAT
DETERMINATION ...
THEY LOOKED AT THE
DRIVER'S RESPONSE
TIME TO A LIGHT
MOUNTED ON THE
HOOD OF A CAR, LANE
POSITION AND SPEED.
2 1/2 SECONDS THAT'S
A LOT OF TIME TO TAKE
YOUR EYES OFF THE
ROAD.
AND SIGNIFICANTLY
GREATER THAN WHAT
THEIR PREVIOUS
RESEARSH HAD FOUND
... OF 300-MILISECONDS.
BUT COOPER SAYS --
EVEN MORE STARTLING
-- IS THAT MANY
PARTICIPANTS WERE
ABOUT TEN TIMES
MORE LIKELY TO MISS
THE LIGHT
ALTOGETHER.
THAT LIGHT WAS ON
FOR 15-SECONDS.
COOPER SAYS WHEN
DRIVERS TEXT -- THEY
CHANGE THE WAY THEY
SCAN THE ROAD.
THEY STOP LOOKING
FOR POTENTIAL
THREATS AND HAZARDS
...
WHICH IN TURN CAN
CAUSE SERIOUS
CRASHES AND TAKE
LIVES.
COOPER SAYS HE
HOPES HIS RESEARCH
CHANGES THAT.
COOPER'S RESEARCH
HAS BEEN USED AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION
SUMMITS ON DRIVER
DISTRACTION.
HE ALSO OWNS HIS
OWN COMPANY CALLED
PRECISION DRIVING
RESEARCH WHICH
WORKS WITH
COMPANIES AND
UNIVERSITIES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
EVERY FRIDAY, WE
ANNOUNCE ANOTHER
WINNER WHO TOOK THE
"NO TEXT ZONE"
PLEDGE ON OUR
WEBSITE.
AMANDA, WHO IS IT THIS
WEEK?
CONGRATS TO Jack
Orgill from Sandy WHO
WON A FOUR PACK TO
THE AMA SUPERCROSS
NEXT WEEKEND AT
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH!
AD-LIB WEATHER
Today A 20 percent chance
of showers after 1pm.
Cloudy, with a high near 57.
South southeast wind 9 to
17 mph becoming west in
the afternoon. Tonight
Showers, mainly after 7pm.
Low around 42. Southwest
wind 12 to 17 mph
decreasing to 6 to 11 mph
after midnight. Chance of
precipitation is 80%.
Saturday Showers likely
before 1pm. Mostly cloudy,
with a high near 54. West
wind 6 to 14 mph becoming
north northwest in the
morning. Chance of
precipitation is 70%.
Saturday Night Mostly
clear, with a low around 39.
West wind 7 to 14 mph
becoming south after
midnight. Sunday Mostly
sunny, with a high near 62.
South southwest wind 7 to
11 mph. Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low
around 41. Monday A 20
percent chance of showers
after 7am. Partly sunny,
with a high near 54.
Monday Night A slight
chance of showers. Mostly
cloudy, with a low around
36. Tuesday Sunny, with a
high near 56. Tuesday
Night Mostly clear, with a
low around 39. Wednesday
Sunny, with a high near 58.
Wednesday Night Mostly
clear, with a low around 39.
Thursday Sunny, with a
high near 65.
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