Texting DUI Demo

CHARLOTTE (WRCB) -- A recent study found drivers who use their cell phones behind the wheel perform just as poorly as legally drunk drivers.
While texting, the average driver spends two to three seconds looking at their phone and only one second looking at the road.
If you think that won't really affect their driving, think again.

"Four out of five drivers say texting while driving is dangerous. Yet half of those say they text while they drive," notes Tom Crosby, president of the AAA Carolinas Foundation for Traffic Safety.

Crosby and troopers with the North Carolina Highway Patrol set up a challenge course to show people just how bad driving while texting really is.
Elisabeth Crosby volunteered to put her driving and texting skills to the test.

When Crosby sent two text messages, she was a full nine seconds slower on her time, and she hit 13 additional cones.

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