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Texting while driving is dangerous
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Texting while driving is dangerous
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Texting While Driving Is Dangerous?
Driving skill is measurably affected by textmessaging.
Writing text messages creates a bad impairment than
reading text messages, but both are harmful
Texting Drivers in the News
There are so many news on daily basis and road
accidents.
While driving people use texting and suffer from
accidents.
While driving and texting, drivers:
failed to detect hazards,
responded to hazards more slowly.
exposed to risk for longer periods.
Negative Affects
Less able to keep a needed distance behind lead vehicle
There in increases in variability of lane position
In actual traffic, these bad driving things, dramatically increase
the likelihood of collision.
Dangerously Slowed Reaction Times
Reaction times are always slower while reading or writing a
message.
Reaction time for drivers trying to compose a text message
increases from 1.2 to 1.6 seconds.
At highway speeds, drivers can travel more than a mile while
texting.
Solutions
Never get into the habit of texting and driving.
If you already do it, stop texting while driving.
Never ride with drivers who are texting. Tell them to stop.
Concentrate on traffic more and other drivers while you are
behind the wheel.
THANKS
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