Although developing expertise In something like driving often permits one to “dual-task”—do two things at once—texting while driving shouldn’t be one of them. In a simulation of drivers (17 to 24 years of age) in the United Kingdom, texting while driving reduced the drivers’ reaction times by 35 percent. This compares to reductions of 12 percent due to alcohol consumption and 21 percent when smoking marijuana (Reed & Robbins, 2008), making texting a greater accident risk than driving while intoxicated.
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