Is that texting worth your life?

A road test by Car & Driver magazine have affirm studies which says that texting is as dangerous, and some say even more dangerous than drunk driving.

In fact some states have already banned texting while driving. That’s how dangerous texting is while you’re driving.

The test by Car & Driver highlights how driver’s reaction time is slower.

via Car and Driver:

“First, we tested both drivers’ reaction times at 35 m.p.h. and 70 m.p.h. to get baseline readings. Then we repeated the driving procedure while they read a text message aloud (a series of Caddyshack quotes). This was followed by a trial with the drivers typing the same message they had just received. Both of our lab rats were instructed to use their phones exactly as they would on a public road, which, if Jordan’s mom or Eddie’s wife are reading this, they never do.

Our test subjects then got out of the vehicle and concentrated on getting slightly intoxicated. They wanted something that would work quickly: screwdrivers (vodka and orange juice). Between the two of them, they knocked back all but three ounces of a fifth of Smirnoff. Soon they were laughing at all our jokes, asking for cigarettes, and telling us about some previous time they got drunk that was totally awesome. We had them blow into a Lifeloc FC10 breath-alcohol analyzer until they reached the legal driving limit of 0.08 percent blood-alcohol content. We then put them behind the wheel and ran the light-and-brake test without any texting distraction.”

Two test drivers, one was reading, the other texting was tested. The one that was texting has a slower reaction time

After the test, it just indicates that reaction time for one was texting was much worse than those that were under the influence of alcohol.

At 35 miles an hour, a driver average reaction time was 0.57 seconds, but while texting it was 1.36 seconds.

While under the influence of alcohol, the driver reaction was 0.64 seconds.

Also the extra distance traveled before coming to a complete stop was an average of four feet farther while driving drunk and an average of 70 feet farther while texting.

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