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| May 7, 2018 at 8:45 | comment | added | Dave Sherohman | @TheEnigmaMachine - I have seen the episode you refer to. The test required the driver to respond quickly to difficult questions on the phone, which obviously impaired their performance because they had to think hard and think fast to answer, leaving little attention for driving. This is not, however, characteristic of normal conversations. As such, I agree they proved that talking while driving can impair driving ability, but not that it necessarily does impair driving, nor that the phone is a relevant factor (a similar conversation with a passenger would be just as taxing). | |
| May 7, 2018 at 5:05 | history | edited | Laurel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 1, 2014 at 1:40 | comment | added | Franck Dernoncourt | @DavidHedlund "I don't know of a country where driving intoxicated is legal." See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunk_driving_law_by_country ; recombu.com/cars/articles/features/… | |
| May 25, 2012 at 15:19 | comment | added | vartec | @AgentKC: slightly intoxicated driving actually, they were still below the legal BAC limit. | |
| Jul 11, 2011 at 21:58 | comment | added | TheEnigmaMachine | I think Mythbusters did an episode comparing cell phones to drunk driving. I will try to find it. | |
| Mar 9, 2011 at 8:17 | comment | added | David Hedlund | @Boris: that's what's cool with the reckless driving law: it's completely subjective. if you can eat while keeping control over your vehicle, that's fine, but if you've got your wheel tucked between your knees because you need both hands to wield that big burger, they can fine you for it. It's a flexible law like that. Naturally, I can't comment on how it's implemented in every single country; you might not be allowed to eat so much as an apple, I wouldn't know. | |
| Mar 9, 2011 at 8:12 | comment | added | Boris Pavlović | I don't understand why eating and drinking are harmful. If ones eat snacks or a sandwich cut in bite pieces and drinks water from a small bottle how it can be harmful? | |
| Mar 8, 2011 at 17:49 | vote | accept | Russell Steen | ||
| Mar 8, 2011 at 17:49 | comment | added | Russell Steen | +1, thanks a lot. This is a good summary and has some good study information that I had not found before. | |
| Mar 8, 2011 at 9:33 | history | edited | David Hedlund | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Mar 8, 2011 at 9:15 | history | answered | David Hedlund | CC BY-SA 2.5 |