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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: Mike PMike P Date: Sep 18, 2008 07:10
Doug wrote:
> Frightful! Why can't something be done about all these potential
> killers?
It is fuckwit, that's why it's illegal
> "Texting while driving impairs motorists more than being under the
> influence of drink or drugs, research suggests.
Well, up to a point. This appears to have only tested people who have had up
to the legal limit. I would be interested how it compares to someone who's
had 6 pints
> The RAC Foundation found average reaction times slowed by 35%% when 17
> to 24-year-olds drove in a simulator while writing or reading texts.
They should put them in a real car, on a private track to get a better
comparison.
> Nearly 50%% of drivers aged between 18 and 24 texted while driving, it
> said.
Tell us something we don't know. Hell, I would admit to using a phone
occasionally while driving in the past. Not texting though. I hate texting
anyway.
> Previous studies had found reactions were 21%% slower among those who
> had taken cannabis and 12%% slower among those who had drunk to the
> legal limit..."
>
I know more than one person who took their driving test after smoking
cannabis, and every one of them passed.
Mike P
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