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Article #454Re: Cellphone Drivers Equivalent to Drunks
From: Notan
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 22:09
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 22:09
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Lurking wrote: > > The Blue wrote: > > > > > > Daniel J. Stern wrote: > > > >>On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, The Blue wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>>>Old people are much more of a danger than cell phones. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >> > >> > >> > >>>> <>Cite? > >>> > > 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. You don't have to be *in* an accident to cause one. The little old lady, driving slowly in the left-hand lane, who decides (a bit late) that "this is her exit" and proceeds to exit the highway/freeway, may leave unscathed, with cars piling up around her. I've seen it happen. Notan
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