05-23-2007, 12:13 AM
[quote Harbourmaster][quote M A V I C]I like WA's law best. It's only illegal to talk on a cell phone while driving AND doing something else illegal. Or if you get in a crash.
Driving While on a Cell Phone Worse is Than Driving While Drunk
http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/...33489.html
IMHO the study would have had more validity if they had had each of the participants run the simulator three times. Once each while sober, drunk and talking on a cell phone, but it still makes it clear that talking on the phone is bad for your driving!
Actually that would probably lessen the validity if they used the same drivers in all three modes due to the drivers becoming more used to the simulator environment each time through. They could switch up the order, but that would be impractical for the alcohol test, and woulld still take more subjects than 40 as used for each.
Driving While on a Cell Phone Worse is Than Driving While Drunk
http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/...33489.html
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IMHO the study would have had more validity if they had had each of the participants run the simulator three times. Once each while sober, drunk and talking on a cell phone, but it still makes it clear that talking on the phone is bad for your driving!
Actually that would probably lessen the validity if they used the same drivers in all three modes due to the drivers becoming more used to the simulator environment each time through. They could switch up the order, but that would be impractical for the alcohol test, and woulld still take more subjects than 40 as used for each.