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[Beerball]

Study finds that texting while driving is dangerous!!!!!!

[Steely Dan]

Study results suggest text messaging should be banned for all drivers says Virginia Tech Transportation Institute.

 

By that measure, sending text messages while driving was the most dangerous of all the tasks. It increased the risk of a crash over 23 times for truck drivers and is equivalent to "traveling the length of a football field at 55 mph without looking at the roadway," the study said.

 

They actually had to study that!! You'd think they could have just asked Capt. Obvious.

[BuffaloBill]

Study results suggest text messaging should be banned for all drivers says Virginia Tech Transportation Institute.

 

By that measure, sending text messages while driving was the most dangerous of all the tasks. It increased the risk of a crash over 23 times for truck drivers and is equivalent to "traveling the length of a football field at 55 mph without looking at the roadway," the study said.

 

They actually had to study that!! You'd think they could have just asked Capt. Obvious.

 

 

Ditto - I wonder how much taxpayer money was wasted on this effort -- nothing like conclusions that make you say "no chit Sherlock"

[linksfiend]

When study after study shows that just talking on a cell phone is as dangerous as driving drunk (let alone texting), isn't it time we raise the fines and penalties to the equivalent sentencing guidelines for DWI?

[DC Tom]

Study finds that texting while driving is dangerous!!!!!!

 

I read that on my Blackberry on my way to work this morning...

[shrader]

Study results suggest text messaging should be banned for all drivers says Virginia Tech Transportation Institute.

 

By that measure, sending text messages while driving was the most dangerous of all the tasks. It increased the risk of a crash over 23 times for truck drivers and is equivalent to "traveling the length of a football field at 55 mph without looking at the roadway," the study said.

 

They actually had to study that!! You'd think they could have just asked Capt. Obvious.

 

Unfortunately, that's the only way things ever get done. There's always going to be the idiot skeptic who questions it. That idiot will still be speaking even after this.

[Dante]

When study after study shows that just talking on a cell phone is as dangerous as driving drunk (let alone texting), isn't it time we raise the fines and penalties to the equivalent sentencing guidelines for DWI?

Personally, I think it's even more dangerous. At least while dwi'ing you probably have your eyes on the road.

[Corp000085]

In other news: Scientists confirm that frogs do indeed have waterproof buttholes.

[buckeyemike]

And in other news, Generalissimo Franco is still dead.