Q: But aren't mobile phones the number cause of crashes?
A: In fact drinking and tiredness are by far the most common causes of accidents. Take a look at these accident statistics from Monash University Accident Research Centre in Australia.
| MUARC study of 340 casualty crashes in VIC and NSW 2000-2011 | |
| 13.50% | Intoxication |
| 11.80% | Fell asleep |
| 10.90% | Fatigued |
| 3.20% | Failed to look |
| 3.20% | Passenger interaction |
| 2.60% | Felt ill |
| 2.6% | Blacked out |
| 1.80% | Feeling stressed |
| 1.5% | Looked but failed to see |
| 1.4% | Animal or insect in vehicle |
| 0.9% | Using a mobile phone |
| 0.90% | Changing CD/cassette/radio |
| 0.90% | Adjusting vehicle systems |
| 0.90% | Looking at vehicle systems |
| 0.3% | Searching for object |
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An app for iPhone and Android that reads your email out loud to you. It intelligently extracts content from emails (minus the signatures, disclaimers and threads). And it lets you action your email - archive, mark-as-read, trash, flag, reply, or forward. It can be completely by voice command, or use the large on-screen buttons or full screen touch gestures.
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