Time: Cell Phones Prolong Your Commute

A few people here at Slashdot are lucky enough to work at home. The rest of us have to manage gridlock on our way to and from work, cursing at the person going ten under the speed limit while talking on their phone. This article in Time says, "researchers estimate that such distracted drivers lengthen the average car commute by about 5% to 10%. That amounts to only a few extra minutes a day, but those minutes add up. Say your hour-long commute were cut by 10% a day -- or 6 mins. -- in each direction; the savings would translate to an entire weekend of free time a year." The study was performed by the University of Utah.