Stop Daydreaming And Focus On Driving! 

Paul A. Eisenstein, NBC News
Mon, 04/08/2013 - 5:57am

We’ve been hearing a lot about the “epidemic” of distracted driving, as U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has dubbed it, and most fingers point to such high-tech diversions as texting and handheld cellphoning. But a new study says we may be looking in the wrong direction – or perhaps not looking at all.Apparently, you are five times more likely to be involved in a fatal crash because you we...

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