Sentences with phrase «texting slowed drivers»
Voice recognition - texting slowed drivers» reaction times and made them miss seeing things right in front of them.
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You can then shoot a text or make a phone call asking the diver to slow down, or address the behavior the moment the driver returns to the office.
The House will take up the texting while driving ban aka «TTYL» bill (HB2) sponsored by Rep. Jim McClendon, Rep. Mac McCutcheon's legislation adding utility trucks and wreckers to the list of vehicles for which drivers are required to slow down and move into a vacant lane for when parked on the side of the road (HB76), and Rep. Allen Farley's bill to crack down on synthetic drugs known as «spice» or «salts» (HB158).
By slowing down, a driver gains more time to correct for driving errors (such as the tendency to swerve while texting).
Should the driver fail to take action to avoid a collision (such as when distracted by an incoming text message), at low speeds the car can slow and even bring itself to a complete stop.
Basically, she is saying that like jaywalking rules, created to get pedestrians out of the way of cars, texting while walking is slowing drivers down and creating a burden for them that has to be legislated out.
Drivers must understand the slow reaction and low judgment when phones are used, either for calls or making texts.