Here is some new data from a CNBC.com article: Texting while driving is worse than driving drunk. Much worse.
Car and Driver Magazine tested how long it takes to hit the brakes "when sober, when legally drunk at .08, when reading an e-mail, and when sending a text." Here are the results:
- Unimpaired: .54 seconds to brake
- Legally drunk: add 4 feet
- Reading e-mail: add 36 feet
- Sending a text: add 70 feet
That's a lot of cushion required for sending a text vs. drunk driving. But as dangerous as it is, the author of the CNBC.com article fears it'll take more deaths before public opinion changes about texting and driving.
