Comments on: Texting drivers more dangerous than drunks… who are more dangerous than stoners! http://stash.norml.org/texting-drivers-more-dangerous-than-drunks-who-are-more-dangerous-than-stoners The Growing Truth About Cannabis Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:08:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: charles http://stash.norml.org/texting-drivers-more-dangerous-than-drunks-who-are-more-dangerous-than-stoners/comment-page-1#comment-28447 charles Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:21:57 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=1637#comment-28447 I think the reuters site is wrong, here is the correct data from the british site itself (http://www.trl.co.uk/online_store/reports_publications/trl_reports/cat_road_user_safety/report_The_effect_of_text_messaging_on_driver_behaviour_a_simulator_study.htm): Reaction times were around 35% slower when writing a text message. Earlier studies at TRL showed that alcohol consumption to the legal limit caused a 12% reaction time increase; cannabis slowed reaction times by 21%. It appears the numbers are flipped for weed and alcohol. I think the reuters site is wrong, here is the correct data from the british site itself (http://www.trl.co.uk/online_store/reports_publications/trl_reports/cat_road_user_safety/report_The_effect_of_text_messaging_on_driver_behaviour_a_simulator_study.htm):

Reaction times were around 35% slower when writing a text message. Earlier studies at TRL showed that alcohol consumption to the legal limit caused a 12% reaction time increase; cannabis slowed reaction times by 21%.

It appears the numbers are flipped for weed and alcohol.

]]> By: F-Listed » Archive Sanjay Gupta: What Does the Next Surgeon General Know About Pot? « http://stash.norml.org/texting-drivers-more-dangerous-than-drunks-who-are-more-dangerous-than-stoners/comment-page-1#comment-5292 F-Listed » Archive Sanjay Gupta: What Does the Next Surgeon General Know About Pot? « Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:21:36 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=1637#comment-5292 [...] As for driving, nobody here at NORML suggests that people smoke cannabis and then drive a car. But someone’s potential irresponsible use of cannabis is not an argument for the danger of cannabis itself. In fact, researchers at Britain’s Transport Research Laboratory found in September that text messaging and alcohol are far more dangerous on the road than cannabis. “The reaction times of people texting as they drove fell by 35 percent, while those who had consumed the legal limit of alcohol, or taken cannabis, fell by 21 percent and 12 percent respectively.“ [...] [...] As for driving, nobody here at NORML suggests that people smoke cannabis and then drive a car. But someone’s potential irresponsible use of cannabis is not an argument for the danger of cannabis itself. In fact, researchers at Britain’s Transport Research Laboratory found in September that text messaging and alcohol are far more dangerous on the road than cannabis. “The reaction times of people texting as they drove fell by 35 percent, while those who had consumed the legal limit of alcohol, or taken cannabis, fell by 21 percent and 12 percent respectively.“ [...]

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