Jonathan Ellis wrote: > On 8/21/07, Mister E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ps - recent studies show that cell phone users, while driving, have the >> same reaction time as do legally intoxicated drivers, so this is no lite >> thing for me personally... and I would have probably done differently >> above had it happened recently, and I was in a position to issue a >> citation. However, it's the only real life instance I could share at >> this point. > > FWIW, a different study looking at real-world statistical data just > found no correlation between cell phone use and accidents: > http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2007/08/13_cellphone.shtml
This study seems to say that cell phones are no more distracting than what drivers did before. If that's true, then taking cell phones away from drivers will not reduce crash rates; former cell phone drivers will just seek other distractions. Shane /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
