B0zzy
30-06-2006, 18:28
Dangerous phones or safer drunks? - YOU make the call!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,201586,00.html
Blood tests and breathalyzers were used to measure alcohol levels of 0.08 percent — the minimum that defines illegal drunken driving in most U.S. states.
Those talking on either handheld or hands-free cell phones drove slightly more slowly, were 9 percent slower to hit the brakes when necessary, showed 24 percent more variation in following distance and were 19 percent slower to resume normal speed after braking.
Three study participants rear-ended the virtual pace car while talking.
Those who were drunk drove a bit more slowly than both undistracted drivers and drivers using cell phones, yet they drove more aggressively.
They followed the pace car more closely, were twice as likely to brake only four seconds before a collision would have occurred, and hit their brakes with 23 percent more force.
But nobody crashed while plastered.
HEre it is - a 'study' done by prohibitionist who also want to dictate to you when you can or cannot speak to someone. A good number of experts agree that .08 is a ridiculously low threshold for testing intoxication. http://www.drivers.com/article/144 http://www.ncdd.com/dsp_articledetails.cfm?article=12
Yet here we are - proving once again that the reality is not nearly so important as the intent. Once more sliver of your rights headed down the drain...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,201586,00.html
Blood tests and breathalyzers were used to measure alcohol levels of 0.08 percent — the minimum that defines illegal drunken driving in most U.S. states.
Those talking on either handheld or hands-free cell phones drove slightly more slowly, were 9 percent slower to hit the brakes when necessary, showed 24 percent more variation in following distance and were 19 percent slower to resume normal speed after braking.
Three study participants rear-ended the virtual pace car while talking.
Those who were drunk drove a bit more slowly than both undistracted drivers and drivers using cell phones, yet they drove more aggressively.
They followed the pace car more closely, were twice as likely to brake only four seconds before a collision would have occurred, and hit their brakes with 23 percent more force.
But nobody crashed while plastered.
HEre it is - a 'study' done by prohibitionist who also want to dictate to you when you can or cannot speak to someone. A good number of experts agree that .08 is a ridiculously low threshold for testing intoxication. http://www.drivers.com/article/144 http://www.ncdd.com/dsp_articledetails.cfm?article=12
Yet here we are - proving once again that the reality is not nearly so important as the intent. Once more sliver of your rights headed down the drain...