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Wow, I am the worst offender in terms of driving and texting. Pretty scary (and stupid on the part of those of us who do text and drive) since according to Wik
by esharef 15y ago
Wow, I am the worst offender in terms of driving and texting.
Pretty scary (and stupid on the part of those of us who do text and drive) since according to Wikipedia, "the risk of crashing while texting /driving increases by 23 times, because reading or sending a text diverts the driver's eyes from the road for an average of 4.6 seconds"
I'm from Germany which has really strict laws on this and all phone activity (texting, calling, emailing) is forbidden while the engine is on (leave it to the Germans to be this strict).
- stingraycharles 15y agoNot only in Germany, it's a common restriction in many European countries: see page 44 of http://www.etsc.eu/documents/Report_Nomadic_Devices.pdf http://www.etsc.eu/documents/Report_Nomadic_Devices.pdf for a list of legislations in Europe in 2009.