Operating a vehicle while using a cell phone can be distracting, potentially dangerous and increasingly illegal. New technology aims to address this problem.
This is indeed a problem because texting while driving impacts reaction times
severely. One 2008 study of drivers aged 17 to 24 used a simulator and
found:
Reaction times slowed by 35 percent when they were writing or reading
text messages. In comparison, reaction time for teens at the legal alcohol limit
"only" deteriorated by 12 percent. In other words, the impact on reactions times
when texting is about three times that of alcohol.
Steering control worsened
by 91 percent for those who were distracted by texts.
Texters had a harder
time maintaining safe distances from other cars, and they drifted out of their
lane more often.
The study was commissioned by England's RAC Foundation,
which started out as the research arm of the Royal Automobile Club of England
and now serves a wider role that includes researching and promoting issues of
safety, mobility, economics and the environment.
Other studies have found
similarly serious results...... Safer Texting and Calling While Driving
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