TTI Researcher Presents at Human Factors Annual Meeting

This is a photo of Christina Yager texting on her cell phone while driving.

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Associate Transportation Researcher Christine Yager gave a presentation, “The Effects of Reading and Writing Text-Based Messages While Driving,” at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. The meeting was held in Boston, MA, October 22–26 and was attended by more than 1,450 participants from the United [...]

It’s Confirmed: Driving’s a Full-Time Job — How Texting Impairs Driving Performance

Driver on test course, holding cell phone, attempting to text while driving

Researchers and safety advocates have known for years that driving performance worsens when the driver is texting. Now we know just how much worse.