Re: Cellphone Drivers Equivalent to Drunks

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From: Lurking
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 21:22

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The Blue wrote:
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> Daniel J. Stern wrote:
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>>On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, The Blue wrote:
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>>>>>Old people are much more of a danger than cell phones.
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>>>> <>Cite?
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> This is from the study in question I have other sources I assumed this 
> was common knowledge that senior are a hazard on the road. Strayer said 
> 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.
> 
Slower reaction time does not does not mean _much_more_of_a_danger_. If 
your also following so closely that your slow reaction causes an 
accident...  The people that have the real numbers are insurance 
companies. 18- to 25-year-olds have the highest rates because they cost 
the insurance company the most.  Most 65- to 74-year-olds have figured 
out that they are not invincible and compensate for their slower 
reaction times.

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From: Lurking <lking@knob.fake.com>
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Subject: Re: Cellphone Drivers Equivalent to Drunks
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