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Cell Users As Bad As Drunk Drivers
An anonymous reader writes "News.com reports on a cell-phone use study which confirms that talking on your cell is as bad as being drunk, when it comes to driving skill. The researchers studied 40 volunteers in a driving simulator." From the article: "[The subjects were observed] while undistracted, using a handheld cell phone, using a hands-free cell phone and while intoxicated to a 0.08 percent blood-alcohol level--the average legal level of impairment in the United States--after drinking vodka and orange juice. Three study participants rear-ended the simulated car in front of them. All were talking on cell phones and none was drunk, the researchers said."
how about the idiots trying to use wireless email behind the wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Just like many people who have been drinking, the cell phone users did not believe themselves to be affected, the researchers found.
... I wasn't really talking on the phone ... I just hold it by my head to keep warm.
Honestly officer
What about drunk drivers who are also on their cellphones?
Hmm..
Cruising the internet on my TI-99/4A @ a whopping 300 baud!
You mean I might have a chance with the hot babe at the party whose sober but chatting on her cell phone?
Exactly. I got rear-ended at two consecutive red lights once, by the same cell-phone-impaired driver. Fortunately, the only damage was a matched set of trailer-hitch prints in his front license plate.
"They redundantly repeated themselves over and over again incessantly without end ad infinitum" -- ibid.
you are really asking for trouble!
"Yeah, babe, I've been thinking about you"
"Noooo, I haven't been drinking! I'm close to your place, can I come over? I miss you..."
Never ends well.
Ignore anything I said above, I actually agree with everything you believe - mod accordingly.
Also, I want to see a study of how much reading while driving impairs your ability. I want to know how much more dangerous I make my drive home, so I can calculate if the probable time savings are likely worth it...
They can't find enough pot-smoking teens with the motivation to get off of the couch, let alone actually DRIVE somewhere.
You know what they say ... people in cars produce accidents, accidents in cars produce people.
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