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Driving While Texting vs Driving Under the Influence

By Lawrence Taylor

So which is more dangerous: driving under the influence or driving while texting?  And which one is severely punished? Dewd, U Think DUI is Bad…Try DWT CNET News, Dec. 22 — It’s no surprise that driving while texting (DWT) falls under the category of driving while stupid (DWS). It’s even been compared with driving under the influence (DUI). Still, anywhere from one-third to 60 percent of teens admit to texting behind the wheel. Yet another study–this one out of the University of Utah–reinforces the fact that driving while texting is incredibly dangerous (PDF). Drivers who text are about six times more likely to crash than those paying full attention to the road, this study says, and their reaction times are on average three times slower than the reaction times of drivers talking on cell phones...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on December 23, 2009 (boomark / email).