Study: Teens Kill Virtual Pedestrians When Texting While Driving
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Study: Teens Kill Virtual Pedestrians When Texting While Driving
Yeah...I see some retard text about once-twice a week while commuting.
Story from Motor Authority...
http://www.motorauthority.com/study-...e-driving.html
Story from Motor Authority...
We all know someone who's fused to their cell phone, texting, talking, twittering and incessantly updating their calendars - even when behind the wheel. The problem is rampant among teens, and a new study confirms the obvious: it's dangerous to text behind the wheel.
It's equally dangerous to use an MP3 player. Both texting and using MP3 players caused increased rates of speed changes - typically slowing down - and 'lane position deviation'. The study, performed by Eastern Virginia Medical School, was presented to the Pediatric Academic Societies this past weekend.
The study is an informed look at a problem that is just now coming to the attention of legislators around the country. New laws to restrict the activity are being contemplated in many states, and for good reason. Of the 21 subjects in the study, all were between 16 and 18 years of age, and all had at least six months driving experience. All subjects were also screened for attention disorders or unsafe driving histories, so that only the attentive, safer drivers remained.
The result: several of the students struck and killed 'virtual' pedestrians in the computerized simulation. "What this study demonstrates is that not only does your speed go up and down, you're swinging wide left and right," said Donald Lewis, M.D., vice president of academic affairs at CHKD and chairman of the EVMS Department of Pediatrics. And when texting, "You're a hazardous driver, to yourself and everybody else."
This study backs up another performed last September which showed texting while driving was more dangerous than being under the influence of either alcohol or cannabis.
If you're a parent or just keen on self-regulating, you can take matters into your own hands, however. A service from DriveAssist keeps drivers from texting or talking behind the wheel by detecting the phone's movement and locking out certain features.
It's equally dangerous to use an MP3 player. Both texting and using MP3 players caused increased rates of speed changes - typically slowing down - and 'lane position deviation'. The study, performed by Eastern Virginia Medical School, was presented to the Pediatric Academic Societies this past weekend.
The study is an informed look at a problem that is just now coming to the attention of legislators around the country. New laws to restrict the activity are being contemplated in many states, and for good reason. Of the 21 subjects in the study, all were between 16 and 18 years of age, and all had at least six months driving experience. All subjects were also screened for attention disorders or unsafe driving histories, so that only the attentive, safer drivers remained.
The result: several of the students struck and killed 'virtual' pedestrians in the computerized simulation. "What this study demonstrates is that not only does your speed go up and down, you're swinging wide left and right," said Donald Lewis, M.D., vice president of academic affairs at CHKD and chairman of the EVMS Department of Pediatrics. And when texting, "You're a hazardous driver, to yourself and everybody else."
This study backs up another performed last September which showed texting while driving was more dangerous than being under the influence of either alcohol or cannabis.
If you're a parent or just keen on self-regulating, you can take matters into your own hands, however. A service from DriveAssist keeps drivers from texting or talking behind the wheel by detecting the phone's movement and locking out certain features.
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i do it sometimes but i shouldn't.
i can say that im 99% capable of talking on the phone while driving, but texting while driving is just impossible.
i can say that im 99% capable of talking on the phone while driving, but texting while driving is just impossible.
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I'll check texts while stopped then call to reply. But texting while driving is ridiculous.
IL is trying to do a statewide ban on texting while driving. I think there are a few states who has already done so.
IL is trying to do a statewide ban on texting while driving. I think there are a few states who has already done so.
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i used to have the front keypad and menus memorized on my LG env and would be able to text without glancing off the road once haha... now i have a touch screen... i guess thats my anti texting while driving...
some people are ridiculous on their phones though no need to get into details since almost everybody has encountered the jackass on the phone almost hitting into you on the road.
some people are ridiculous on their phones though no need to get into details since almost everybody has encountered the jackass on the phone almost hitting into you on the road.
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<-----not only can he text and drive, sometimes post on AZ and drive
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I did that lots when I was younger. When the phone didn't have a full key board I didn't even have to look at my phone while texting, and I could drive perfectly fine. Now I do it sometimes but I keep both my arms on the steering wheel so i dont have to look down. Phone and the road is in the same field of vision and I can't get distracted. But still its dangerous I am not defending that
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the other day on the highway i was stuck behind some old guy reading a novel while driving 10 below the limit. i gave him a honk as i passed him and he got mad so he sped up behind me and turned on his high beams, wtf.
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These type of people make me wish I drove a beater. Slam on the brakes as hard as you can, and it's their fault if they wreck into you (assuming no witnesses are around ).
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Its the Northwest, people go absolutely psycho when you honk at them
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That's true about honking around here. People rarely use the horn even in dense urban traffic...only when you mean serious business or you're purposely trying to piss someone off. I thought NYC was hilarious the first time I went there, with everyone blasting their horns at each other like it was nothing special.
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