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By Lawrence Taylor

Now if MADD were truly interested in saving lives on our highways rather than in eradicating the “evils of alcohol”… Study: Texting More Dangerous Than DUI   LONDON, Sept. 19 (UPI) — Young drivers who send text messages while operating a motor vehicle are at more risk than those who drive drunk, a British study released Thursday finds. The study was carried out by a research group TRL for the Royal Automobile Club Foundation. TRL used an automobile simulator to compare the effect of texting on reaction time and other measures of driving ability to those of cell-phone use, drinking and drug use. An engineer involved in a deadly crash between a Los Angeles commuter train and a freight train is believed to have been sending text messages while operating the train, officials said...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on September 19, 2008 (boomark / email).