Re: Cellphone Drivers Equivalent to Drunks

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From: Daniel J. Stern
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 19:26

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On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, The Blue wrote:

> I assumed this was common knowledge that senior are a hazard on the
> road.

"Common knowledge" is frequently not supportable by anything more than
repetition.

> they found that when 18- to-25-year-olds were placed in a driving
> simulator and talked on a cellular phone, they reacted to brake lights
> from a car in front of them as slowly as 65- to 74-year-olds who<> were
> not using a cell phone.

That does not support your assertion that elderly drivers are more
dangerous than celphone users.

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