十首開車時收聽最安全的英文歌曲
一項最新研究顯示，開車時收聽的歌曲選擇可能會影響駕駛安全程度。快節奏的音樂會使人心跳加快，從而導致駕駛者將主要的注意力集中在音樂上，並傾向於不斷加速以便跟上音樂的節奏。該研究指出，不同音樂類型對男女駕駛者的影響也有所不同。在收聽嘻哈音樂時，女性駕駛者會比男性駕駛者更狂躁、加速更明顯；男性在聽到重金屬音樂時車速最快，女性聽舞曲的時候車速最快。聽古典音樂時，男女駕駛者的駕車狀態最不穩定。該研究評出了十首開車時收聽最安全的歌曲，諾拉•瓊斯的《Come Away With Me》位列第一，其他上榜的歌曲還有酷玩樂隊的《The Scientist》，以及埃爾頓•約翰的《Tiny Dancer》等。這些歌曲的共同特點是每分鐘有60到80個節拍，跟人的心跳節奏接近。
The choice of CD for a long car journey has long been the cause of family friction. But new research has revealed that which song drivers listen to can even influence how safe they are on the roads.
Among the top ten safest songs to drive to are Come Away With Me by Norah Jones, I Don't Want to Miss a Thing by Aerosmith and Tiny Dancer by Elton John.
Each of the songs have an optimum tempo of a song for safe driving, mimicing the human heartbeat at around 60 to 80 beats per minute.
The Scientist by Coldplay and Justin Timberlake's Cry Me a River also appeared in the top 10.
The study, conducted at London Metropolitan University, also revealed the type of songs that cause motorists to drive dangerously.
Unsurprisingly, music that is noisy, upbeat and increases a driver's heart rate can be a deadly mix.
Fast beats cause excitement that can lead people to concentrate more on the music than on the road and to speed up to match the beat of the song.
Genres of music were also measured during the experiment and revealed variations between male and female drivers.
Hip-hop made a female driver drive far more aggressively, breaking harder and accelerating faster, than her male counterpart. The heavy metal playlist caused the fastest driving among males in the group while the dance playlist had the same effect among women.
The male and female drivers who listened to the classical playlist drove the most erratically.
The experiment involved eight people driving 500 miles each using the MotorMate app, which monitored driving behaviour through GPS technology.
The top 10 safest songs to drive to are:
1. Come Away With Me – Norah Jones
2. Billionaire Feat. Bruno Mars – Travie McCoy
3. I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
4. The Scientist – Coldplay
5. Tiny Dancer – Elton John
6. Cry Me a River – Justin Timberlake
7. I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith
8. Karma Police – Radiohead
9. Never Had a Dream Come True – S Club 7
10. Skinny Love – Bon Iver
