All over the news lately is how bad texting and driving can be. It’s common sense that looking at your phone and driving is a bad idea. But have you ever tried to quantify how bad it is?
The NY Times has an interactive game up that lets you “test” how bad you are at texting and driving. The goal of the game is to use the numbers on your keyboard to control what lane your car is in, while simultaneously answering texts that require simple, one word answers through a phone that appears off to the right. According to the end of the game, the average user is .24% slower at responding, and misses 8% more gate changes while texting. The first time I ran it I was horrible; every time I improved, but mostly because I got better at the game.
It is kind of an addictive game, but more importantly it gives you an idea of how tough it is to watch ahead of you and type simultaneously. Give it a shot and sound off below on how you did!
