Car manufacturers try to make most of the features of their car systems they can be activated using voice control as a way to avoid driver distraction from the road. However, a recent study conducted by researchers from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, it is found that, even if the hands-free technologies will keep the driver's eye on the road and hands on the wheel, but it causes mental conductor to be diverted somewhere else as long as 27 seconds before finally concentrated to the road and driving.
Peter Kissinger, president and CEO of the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety said that the lasting effects of mental distractions are dangerous hidden and pervasive that probably would have been a surprise to most drivers. He even added that motorists could miss stop signs, pedestrians and other vehicles when the mind has been readjusted to the driving task.
AAA researchers also found that the cognitive distraction level varies between the brand and model. For example, Chevy Equinox is equipped with the distracting voice command system under test and the driver was distracted for 15 seconds after he or she has used the system. Mazda6 is considered as the least efficient system than the active voice system can distract the driver for as long as 27 seconds after use.
Another example of the make and model of a car that has the lowest level of distraction such as Buick LaCrosse and Toyota 4Runner all Hyundai Sonata Chrysler 0 and a higher level of distraction.
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