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Heart-Wrenching PSA Shows Parents that Hands-Free Phone Calls Can Kill


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ITASCA, IL -- April 24, 2015: It's estimated that 26 percent of all car crashes result from cell phone use, including 21 percent that involve talking on a cell phone – handheld or hands-free, according to the National Safety Council.

It's a growing crisis and the stakes are high. Drivers who talk hands-free can miss seeing up to 50% of their surrounding driving environment even though they are looking right out the windshield. That's because driving and talking are two tasks that require a great deal of thought.

When doing both, your brain is unable to do either well. Think about trying to follow a television show while talking on the phone. You will miss input from at least one of those sources. While driving, this behavior often results in not seeing traffic signals, which leads directly to crashes, and without the ability to click the rewind button.

Watch what can happen to any driver who talks hands-free in this heart-wrenching PSA from the National Safety Council: PSA