Driving Distracted Should be a Safety Rule Violation

It may come as a surprise to many, but driving while using a cell phone delays a driver’s reaction time as much as a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent, the highest legal limit. This fact was presented at a summit held by the US Department of Transportation on the issues arising from distracted driving. A representative from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety made a stirring point when she testified, “People who wouldn’t get drunk and drive somehow think it’s OK to text and drive - which is just dangerous.”