The reason that even hands-free calls are risky for drivers

Cars are filled with ever more communication and entertainment tech, but our minds are stuck with the same limitations…. As the cognitive neuroscientist Dr. David Strayer at the University of Utah explains: ‘If you have people who are multitasking a lot, you might come to the conclusion they are good at multitasking. In fact, the more likely they are to [multitask], the more likely they are to be bad at it.’ The issue is the drain on our attention that occurs when we do too many complex tasks at the same time. It is known as ‘cognitive distraction’