Question

Mobile phones should be banned from cars altogether, according to Dr Hole, senior lecturer in psychology, Dr Hole has emphasized the worrying combination of mobile phones and cars in his new book, The Psychology of Driving.

Mobile phones, fatigue（疲勞）, eyesight, drugs and age are among the issues considered by Dr Hole as he examines the factors that influence on driving. The book explores the role of each of these elements in increasing the chances of an accident and was inspired by the author’s conversations with road safety experts across the country.

He says: “The government should have banned mobile phones in cars altogether. It has sent out the wrong message by forbidding hand-held phones because this gives the impression that hands-free phones are safe. The problem with mobile phones is not vehicular（車輛的）control and only having one hand on the wheel, but rather it is taking away attention from what is happening outside the car.” 

Myths（荒誕的說法）about older people making worse drivers and claims（說法）about an improved reaction time among younger people are explored in the book. Questions about how drivers decide what to attend to while driving, the role of a driver’s expectations in determining what they see and how they respond to the road are among the areas covered in the book. Satellite navigation systems and new design aimed at transforming cars into a mobile office, are among the modern developments which he says now compete for driver’s attention behind the wheel.

Dr Hole says: “We need to be very careful about how we go about handling modern technology in cars, because we are opening a Pandora’s Box. When anyone is driving there is a lot of information outside the car and if there is too much going on inside, then there is a danger of overloading the driver.”

1. Dr Hole’s strong belief that mobile phones should be banned from cars lies in___________. 

  A. the inconvenience of having only one hand on the wheel caused by mobile phones

  B. the correct message of getting rid of hand-held phones sent out by the government

  C. the increase of chances of accidents

  D. the advice given by some road safety experts

2. Which of the following is not included in his book?

  A. Hand-free phones are safer than hand-held phones.

  B. What drivers have to attend to while driving.

  C. Whether older age and slower reaction is related.

  D. Bad eyesight is one of the factors of causing an accident.

3. Which of the following is true?

  A. Older people are better at preventing accidents.

  B. younger drivers’ reaction time is relatively shorter.

  C. It is a myth that some old people can still drive.

  D. A driver’s expectations are not covered in the book.

4. What can we know from the underlined sentence?

  A. What is going on outside is of equal importance to what inside.

  B. Modern developments call for drivers’ attention behind the wheel.

  C. Satellite navigation systems require more cars as mobile offices.

  D. Modern technology is responsible for the distraction（分心）of one’s attention while driving.

Answer 1

【小題1】C

【小題2】A

【小題3】B

【小題4】D