You probably remember those old public service announcements: This (egg) is your brain.This (hot frying pan) is drugs.This (egg frying) is your brain on drugs. Any questions?The National Safety Council (www.nsc.org) isn’t taking that dramatic a stand in its campaign to ban cell phone use while driving. But the council has published a white paper that describes in scientific terms how the brain is affected when its attention is divided by distractions, such as phoning while driving.The paper’s finding is sobering, and reading it may lead you to re-examine policies about how your people in the field use cell phones.Being
