A study released earlier this week by the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) revealed that reading or writing a text while driving doubles a driver’s reaction time. Reaction times this slow make Texas drivers considerably less able to address highway hazards.
The TTI’s findings surprised experts in two ways in particular: the length of reaction time (from one or two seconds to three or four seconds) and the fact that findings showed little distinction between typing a text message and reading one. Also of note, drivers in the study were 11 times more likely to miss a flashing light when texting.
In recent years, texting while driving has caused a significant increase in the number of accidents. In 2009, for instance, almost 5,500 died in texting-related accidents and 500,000 were injured, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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