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Agreed. I saw some report that reaction times for distracted driving are actually worse than DUI. On top of that, you can avoid the vast majority of drunk driv
by cobbzilla 7y ago
Agreed. I saw some report that reaction times for distracted driving are actually worse than DUI.
On top of that, you can avoid the vast majority of drunk drivers if you stay off the roads at night. Distracted drivers are on the road at all hours.
- xwdv 7y agoThis isn’t a fair comparison, you need to compare a person texting while driving with a person who is texting while drunk driving.
- trillic 7y agoHot take: I'd rather share the road with someone completely focused who's slightly above the legal limit, than someone who is sober and distracted.
- Enginerrrd 7y ago>completely focused who's slightly above the legal limit This may not be possible. One of the effects of alcohol on cognition is that it increases distractability while simultaneously making you less aware of it's occurrence which is a compounding issue.
- dasil003 7y agoIt’s also not possible to make a completely sober person be at peak focus and attention all the time as they drive.
- lmilcin 7y agoThat's right, any amount of alcohol reduces awareness and increases reaction time. I think what the poster meant is that while a person driving under influence might be slightly distracted (there is full spectrum of being under influence) the person fidgeting with a phone is always very distracted. You can't be only slightly distracted when you are not looking at the road but reading or replying to message.
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- ummonk 7y agoThe difference is that drunk people don’t stop being drunk when the red light turns green whereas most distracted drivers do stop being distracted.
- HeyLaughingBoy 7y agoThey may stop being distracted at some point, but I can assure you that it's not when the light turns green. Every single day I see many people staring at their phones while hurtling down the highway at 70 mph.