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Question 5285

The most frequent accident caused by using a mobile phone while driving is...

  1. running off the road.
  2. a rear-end collision.
  3. a front-side collision.
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Correct answer: running off the road.

The most common accident caused by cell phone use is running off the road. While you talk or look at the screen, the car gradually drifts off its path and ends up off the road, like the passenger car in the image, whose driver is holding a cell phone.

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