Cellphone Users Slow Traffic

23244017.jpgTalking on the cellphone while driving isn’t just a safety risk. It also slows down traffic.

Motorists talking on the phone drive about two miles per hour more slowly than people who aren’t on the phone, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Utah. And while hands-free devices often are touted as safer alternatives, the scientists found that people using them also putter along, which suggests that it’s the talking, not the cellphone, that distracts the brain.

While a few miles per hour may not sound like much, as many as one in 10 drivers on the road is talking on the phone, says University of Utah psychology professor David Strayer, who coauthored the research. Slower cellphone drivers may be increasing overall commuting times by 5 percent to 10 percent, he calculates, and talking on the phone may increase each daily commuter’s travel time by 20 hours a year.

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Thousands Apply for Hotel’s Chief Beer Officer Post

A bid by the Four Points hotel chain, a division of Sheraton, to recruit a CBO (chief beer officer) for its new worldwide beer program drew thousands of applicants.The job involves visiting breweries, beer festivals and bars, and selecting beers for hotel menus. The part-time position attracted more than 7,000 applications from more than 30 countries — the most the hotel chain has ever received for a job opening.

The winning candidate: a 27-year-old brewery manager from Arizona who reportedly decorates his home with beer barrels.

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Random Politcal Thought

I wonder what a presidential election will look like 35 years from now when people will be pulling up a candidate’s MySpace or Facebook page about posts that candidate made while in college.

I wonder if there are people that think about what they post on those respective pages today while in their college years not thinking about how it might haunt them in the future.  I know of the stories of how college graduates are not hired because of how hiring companies include a research of these sites in a background search, but I wonder exactly how long those posts might haunt them. 

I wonder if they will be smart enough to delete those pages one day, and I wonder if those page will eventually expire in one fashion or another.

I am also a little ashamed of starting every sentence in this post with an I.

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