Chuck
06-29-2006, 09:48 PM
They studied 40 volunteers who used a driving simulator four times — while undistracted, using a handheld cell phone, using a hands-free cell phone and while intoxicated to a 0.08 percent blood-alcohol level — the average legal level of impairment in the United States — after drinking vodka and orange juice....
..."Driving while talking on a cell phone is as bad as or maybe worse than driving drunk," said Drews, who said alcohol was involved in 40 percent of the 42,000 annual U.S. traffic fatalities.
Study also states both groups think they are able to "handle it". :p
MSNBC Story (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13621877/)
..."Driving while talking on a cell phone is as bad as or maybe worse than driving drunk," said Drews, who said alcohol was involved in 40 percent of the 42,000 annual U.S. traffic fatalities.
Study also states both groups think they are able to "handle it". :p
MSNBC Story (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13621877/)