[PRCo] Re: METRORAIL DISASTER

[Schneider Fred]

For what it's worth ... did any of you see the Today Show piece this  
morning on the staged tests between response times with a person (1)  
totally sober, (2) with a blood alcohol level of 0.85 (legally  
drunk), (3) talking on a cell phone and (4) texting?   A red light  
was mounted in the windshield in front of the driver and he was  
expected to apply brakes when the light went on.
The results?   Talking on the phone was materially worse than being  
drunk ... I think it stretched the perception distance out 40 feet  
and texting was even worse, stretching it out by something like 70 feet.

Of course we'll not get the legislators to do anything about it until  
one of their families is killed because they need their cell phones.




On Jun 26, 2009, at 1:35 AM, alschneider2 at juno.com wrote:

> Was the Union Square event the one where the motorman tested  
> positive for alcohol?
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