University of Utah study conducted to identify the impact of text messaging on simulated driving performance.
Findings: Drivers who were texting and driving: (1) responded more slowly to brake lights on the car in front of them; (2) showed impairments in forward control (e.g., more erratic following of a car in front) and lateral control (e.g., drifting across lanes); (3) and text-messaging drivers were involved in more crashes than drivers not engaged in text messaging
Other Findings: Drivers talking on the phone while driving adjusted to the mental processing priority of driving and talking depending on external task demands. By contrast, text messaging appears to be more consistent with a switching model of attention, in which attention is allocated in large part EITHER to driving OR to text messaging.
Conclusion: Do not text while driving. Also, enough attention is diverted to talking on the phone and driving that it should not be done either.
Texting while driving: Past issue - UI Design Newsletter
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