Crash risk 23 times higher when texting
Texting most distracting activity
Driving blind for length of football pitch
Call to ban texting while driving
You're 23 times more likely to have a crash if you text while driving.
Tests over six million miles of driving revealed that texting is by far the most distracting in-car activity, followed by reaching for an electronic device, then dialing on a mobile phone.
The research was carried out in the US by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute.
In fact, any task where the driver's eyes were drawn away from the road where found to hugely increase the risk of crashing.
Texting draws the driver's eyes from the road for 4.6 seconds during a 6 second period of activity, which, according to the research, is the same as driving blind at 55mph along the length of a football pitch.
Crash risk 23 times higher when texting - Car and Car-Buying News - What Car?
Driving blind for length of football pitch
Call to ban texting while driving
You're 23 times more likely to have a crash if you text while driving.
Tests over six million miles of driving revealed that texting is by far the most distracting in-car activity, followed by reaching for an electronic device, then dialing on a mobile phone.
The research was carried out in the US by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute.
In fact, any task where the driver's eyes were drawn away from the road where found to hugely increase the risk of crashing.
Texting draws the driver's eyes from the road for 4.6 seconds during a 6 second period of activity, which, according to the research, is the same as driving blind at 55mph along the length of a football pitch.
Crash risk 23 times higher when texting - Car and Car-Buying News - What Car?
