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"If you're driving and have a really important text to send, that's okay; just try to keep one eye on the road as best you can," NTSB chairman Deborah Hersman said of the report, which advocates a new "50-50 rule" for texting drivers, suggesting they keep half their attention on the road and half on their handheld device. "After all, you can always steer with your knees or - if you really want to be extra careful - text with one hand and hold the wheel with the other.
Better yet, just ask a passenger to give you a heads-up whenever there's a red light or another car up ahead." Hersman added that the report's findings apply not only to texting, but also to checking email, playing games, or watching movies while driving.
The 50-50 rule is welcome and about time!
Driving while texting can be very distracting resulting in texts going to wrong people. More attention needs to be paid to texting, ensuring texts are accurate in detail, and sent to the intended recipient.
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