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Rigged! (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Driving while yapping away on a Galaxy or iPhone is worse than being fucking drunk. Both, is double worse.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Drinking is definitely worse. Like, talking is bad sure, but drinking is much worse.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago

A phone conversation is for sure not as bad as driving drunk, however browsing and texting might be worse than some of the lower BA levels

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

A test, on a closed circuit, was conducted in Germany, perhaps 10 years ago. The mobile phone users were worse than the damn drunks.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

One test on a track ten years ago is not evidence that being drunk is less harmful than talking on a cellphone while driving.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Alleged test

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Allegedly using 2014 text aps that were barely better than t9

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

What are the parameters here? Are we talking texting while driving compared to two beers? Browsing Amazon compared to a liter of vodka?

[–] [email protected] 52 points 11 months ago

True, that's why I only yap away on Motorolas while driving.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I never understood the thought of handless calling being a bad thing, like sure it's slightly distracting but not more so than talking to a passenger.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

The difference is an adult passenger tend to also be somewhat aware of what's going on on the road and will tend to shut up when things get hairy, even if only through panic. Someone one the other end of a phone won't until they hear the crunch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Mythbusters: Driving Drunk Vs Mobile Phone

Edit: Episode Part 1/3 Part 3/3 (I couldn't find 2/3 anywhere annoyingly enough)

TL:DW: They found driving while using a cell phone is potentially as dangerous as driving drunk. They scored lower in their crash course while on the phone

Important to note:

They didn't mention how much alcohol was consumed (or they did in the episode and not in this clip, give me a break I found this in 2 minutes on the shitter)
~~They show them taking a breathalyzer test. Im going to assume they were testing to be over the limit to get a DUI (.08% in the US), though it's not shown or mentioned~~ A clip of part 3/3 says that they stayed below the legal limit (@ .065%) so they would NOT be legally intoxicated
The sample size is like, 2. Not very statistically accurate, as mythbusters is entertainment and not a real scientific study
Theyre on a closed course. No pedestrians, no stop lights, no other drivers, no "unpredictable" variables in which you would need your reaction time, which would be impaired if you were drunk
Theyre using flip phones held up to their ears, on a phone call. Results probably vary (though are probably worse) texting vs a phone call and on modern devices vs old ones

No real claim either way to one being worse. Moral of the story being get off your fucking phone and don't drive drunk and you dont need to worry. [email protected]'s claims aren't necessary wrong, but they're not necessary right either