1.03.2008

What's the matter with kids today?

Strayer's study, based on three dozen students driving in simulators, found that drivers on cell phones are far more likely to stick behind a slow car in front of them and change lanes about 20 percent less often than drivers not on the phone.

Overall, drivers using cell phones took about 3 percent longer to drive the same highly traffic-clogged route (and about 2 percent longer to drive a medium congested route) than people who were not on the phone.

(Chicago Tribune)

I once watched a woman put makeup on her eyes using the car's rear view mirror while driving 70 mph on Chicago's Eisenhower Expressway. Let's see these phone wimps try that.

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