Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Texting Drivers Have Slower Reaction Times than Drunk Drivers

Friends dont let friends drive and text thats the message from a Car and Driver test that, on a closed course, included an iPhone, a fifth of Smirnoff and a Honda Pilot. At 35 and 70 mph, the reaction times of the drivers while texting were far worse than those, sans devices, after a few rounds of cocktails.
- Drinking and driving is illegal, not to mention morally reprehensible and in no way advocated. Driving and texting, however, while still legal in some states, and performed by many otherwise rational people, may be even more dangerous, a test by Car and Driver reveals. The magazine rented out a...

Read the full story here, from eWEEK Technology News

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