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Australian drivers are a distracted bunch, spending almost half their time behind the wheel with their attention divided between the road ahead and other matters. That is the key finding of a landmark study based on in-car footage captured during thousands of trips by motorists who agreed to participate. And the researchers are alarmed.


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Australian drivers are a distracted bunch, spending almost half their time behind the wheel with their attention divided between the road ahead and other matters. That is the key finding of a landmark study based on in-car footage captured during thousands of trips by motorists who agreed to participate. And the researchers are alarmed.



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