Research on iPod safety.

This article holds the basic foundations to my overall idea of promoting road safety with iPods and MP3 players, it is apparent that to some level iPods used inside the car linked to radios have a potential to be dangerous, for example the article written by Dario Salvucci, a Professor of Computer Science at Drexel University highlight this:

"Many companies now, have adapted the iPod for use anywhere, in such things as the iTrip, or the Cassette Adapter, which easily allows the driver to plug into the stereo of the car"


This shows it is easier to connect your iPod to your car and use it as an alternative to a CD, these cables are called 'Jack Leads' and are widely available, I myself own one of these cables and have had my concentration momentarily diverted, making me personally know just how easily it can happen.

"From Salvucci's study, they found that the level of distraction is about the same as dialling a cell phone."

This discovery can be considered alarming due to the fact mobile phones have been banned since June 2003 due to text messaging alone caused more than 16,000 deaths in car accidents from 2001 to 2007. So why are iPods any different if they cause a similar scale of distraction?

To read more on this article go to:
http://media.www.thetriangle.org/media/storage/paper689/news/2007/05/04/News/Ipods.Can.Lead.To.Traffic.Accidents-2894807.shtml