Friday, 25 May, 2012

Texting already banned for truckers, etc. What do research and reality say about the danger of hitting the keys or yakking on the mobile?

That depends on conditions. “Today’s cars are designed to be very aerodynamic,” says Glenn Bower, a senior scientist at the Engine Research Center at UW-Madison. “They ‘cut’ through the air at moderate speeds. At lower speed, stopping and starting dominate the vehicle’s energy consumption, while at highway speed (45 to 65 mph) most of the [...]