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Take your eyes off the road

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Motorists concentrating too hard on the open road overtake dangerously, new research shows.

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  1. Gray,R. & Regan, D. Risky driving behaviour: a consequence of motion adaptation for visually guided motor action. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 26,1721 - 1732 2000.

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Adam, D. Take your eyes off the road. Nature (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/news010104-7

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