| Re: Text driving 'worse than drink'. |
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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: JNugentJNugent Date: Sep 18, 2008 17:16
Doug wrote:
> Frightful! Why can't something be done about all these potential
> killers?
> "Texting while driving impairs motorists more than being under the
> influence of drink or drugs, research suggests.
> 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.
> Nearly 50%% of drivers aged between 18 and 24 texted while driving, it
> said.
> 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..."
> More:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7621644.stm
I do wish you wouldn't top post. If you only put your comments *after* the
quoted material rather than before it, it would be so much easier to read.
And as it happens, I agree with you. Texting whilst driving should be illegal.
In fact, I've heard it might already be illegal.
But why not go a step further?
SMS-texting is the work of the devil in any case. So why not just ban it
altogether and force phone service providers to withdraw it?
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