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So it's true! Chatting and talking can make your head confused as you had an excess of alcohol in the blood.
That means it's very dangerous to drive while talking at the phone even on a lawful hands-free phones.
It's exactly the result of a research conducted by psychologists J. Watson and D. Strayer.

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Hands-free phone devices are as dangerous as drink drivers, scientists have claimed
Drivers having a conversation on a hands-free mobile phone could be as dangerous as those who are drunk behind the wheel, scientists believe.
Researchers found that using a handset on speaker phone, or fitted with a headset, while in control of a car causes a drop in concentration equivalent to being over the drinkdrive limit.
Motorists using the legal devices took almost a fifth longer to hit the brakes in an emergency and were shown to be less aware of traffic around them.
Psychologists Jason Watson and David Strayer said their findings were important because they prove the vast majority of us can't do more than one thing at a time.
But while this is true for 97.5 per cent of drivers, the researchers discovered that 2.5 per cent of their subjects were 'supertaskers' who are able to do two things at once.
Dr Watson and Dr Strayer asked 200 volunteers to drive along a motorway in a simulator.
The subjects were monitored for their braking reaction time, the distance at which they followed the car in front and asked to carry out simple maths and memory problems.
They then repeated the simulation while having a conversation on a hands-free mobile, which involved memorising words and carrying out more maths problems.
The 2.5 per cent of supertaskers had no increase in braking time, following distance or maths ability while talking on the phone - and their memory abilities actually improved 3 per cent.



But Dr Watson warned that they were exceptionally rare.
He said: 'While we'd probably all like to think we are the exception to the rule, the odds are overwhelmingly against it.
'In fact, the odds of being a supertasker are about as good as your chances of flipping a coin and getting five heads in a row.'
Although it has been illegal for drivers to hold a mobile at the wheel since 2003, it is still lawful to use a hands-free kit as long as motorists are in proper control of their vehicle.
But now the research by the University of Utah psychologists, published in the journal Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, could throw the law into doubt.
It found that the drivers on their phones took 20 per cent longer to hit the brakes when needed.
The average following distance also increased by 30 per cent - which the scientists said reflected drivers' failure to keep pace with traffic around them.
Memory performance declined 11 per cent, and the ability to do maths problems fell 3 per cent.
The results show that driving performance routinely falls while using a hands-free mobile phone and is comparable to the impairment seen in drunken drivers.


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Sometimes they return

Rome's ancient emperor Vespasianus would surely give his plaudits to the idea that Council bosses had in Eastleigh, Hants, in order to avoid the unpleasant show of men urinating on the public streets, specially at Sunday nights.

Though I believe that at least two side barriers should be erected to contain the bin, aimed to save users reservation and passers-by's decency.

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If you ever tempted to remonstrate with a drunken young man relieving himself by the side of the street late one night, be warned - he might just be doing his bit for the environment.

New 'wheelie bin urinals' are to be placed around a town which has been deluged by drinkers relieving themselves in the street.
The new breed of public toilets will allow men to urinate into a funnel that transfers the liquid into a compartment in the base where it is converted into bio-fertiliser.
Council bosses in Eastleigh, Hants, say the town has been blighted by people urinating in its streets, alleyways and shop doorways.
The modified wheelie bins have a separate section that acts as a urinal
Figures show that in just 12 months, 42 people were successfully prosecuted for urinating on the streets of Eastleigh and made to pay out £8,201 in costs and fines.
Hampshire Police Chief inspector Diana Boyles said: 'Urinating in the streets is considered to be a problem and both Eastleigh Borough Council and the police are looking at it.'

It has a separate area for rubbish.
Environmental services bosses have been asked to investigate the cost of the bizarre solution for the town where no public toilets are open late at night.
Dee Buffone, town centre partnership chairman, said: 'It is a superb idea and I hope it is brought in. I just hope people use them.
'To see someone going in the street is extremely unpleasant, particularly if you are a young lady.
'I cannot believe people are leaving the pubs without using the toilets and then going in the street. The alleyways often have a bad smell in them on Mondays.
'We are working with landlords to make sure what their customers drink in the pub stays in the pub.
'We may even end up putting up posters to remind people to use the toilet before they leave, as silly as that sounds.' The new units are the same size as a standard wheelie bin.
Designer Stephan Bischof says they will cost around £80.
He went on to suggest they are put in problem areas and emptied into a garden or park every two weeks to be used as compost.
The scheme will only target male drinkers and there are no plans to create a woman's version of the toilet.


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