Texting is More Dangerous Than Anything Else When Driving
Matt Richtel, a writer for the New York Times, recently published an article stating that when drivers are texting, "their collision risk," is "...23 times greater than when not texting."
Data compiled by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute should be released next Tuesday and will discuss measurements from "the time drivers took their eyes from the road to send or receive texts."
Interesting to note, for those who scoff at studies such as these, is that, "In the moments before a crash or near crash, drivers typically spent nearly five seconds looking at their devices - enough time at typical highway speeds to cover more than the length of a football field." Imagine driving hundreds of yards without looking at the road - it sounds crazy, but people do it every day.
So, it's no surprise that several states have been trying to ban cell phone use in the car entirely, as outlined in this article on CNN.com from January 12, 2009: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/12/cell.phone.driving/index.html.
Do you text-and-drive? Do you use your cell phone at all in the car? How do you feel about these studies and what certain parts of the country are trying to do about automotive cell phone use?
Original NY Times article can be viewed here.
Data compiled by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute should be released next Tuesday and will discuss measurements from "the time drivers took their eyes from the road to send or receive texts."
Interesting to note, for those who scoff at studies such as these, is that, "In the moments before a crash or near crash, drivers typically spent nearly five seconds looking at their devices - enough time at typical highway speeds to cover more than the length of a football field." Imagine driving hundreds of yards without looking at the road - it sounds crazy, but people do it every day.
So, it's no surprise that several states have been trying to ban cell phone use in the car entirely, as outlined in this article on CNN.com from January 12, 2009: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/12/cell.phone.driving/index.html.
Do you text-and-drive? Do you use your cell phone at all in the car? How do you feel about these studies and what certain parts of the country are trying to do about automotive cell phone use?
Original NY Times article can be viewed here.
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