A study in England involving 9 men and 9 women has shown that listening to sports radio commentary in the car can be just as dangerous as driving under the influence of alcohol. Hard breaking incdients doubled while listening to sports.
Reaction times slowed by up to 20% while the drivers -- aged between 25 and 45 -- were listening to sports on the car radio. This adds 20 additional feet to stopping distance when the car is travelling at 70 miles per hour.
"To put this into context, this increase in distance traveled is 10 per cent further than the additional stopping distance when driving with a blood alcohol level at the U.K. legal limit."
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