Mobile phones & driving = a bad idea

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Note how even using hands-free can add a significant amount to the distance you travel before applying the brakes! I say "significant amount" because I can't understand their calculations. Unless I'm wrong (and I often am!), 50mph = 73.3 ft/sec. So the difference between "normal" and "hands-free" of 0.45sec equates to 33 feet. YIKES! At 70mph it would be 46 feet further before even hitting the brakes!!!

Whichever it is, it's worrying.

 

[Wheelsnuts]

Hard to believe that the reaction time when texting is quicker than when making a phone call though? There again, I am a one thumb texter!