'Mobile users as bad as old drivers'

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This'll upset a few people and make other laugh

article said:

Mobiles make young drivers behave like old people A REPORT into the driving habits of young people shows that once a driver aged between 18 and 25 starts using a mobile they are as dangerous as a 70 year-old behind the wheel. The study from the University of Utah said that younger people move and react more slowly and have an increased risk of accidents. A spokesman said that if you put a 20-year-old driver behind the wheel with a cell phone, his reaction times are the same as a 70-year-old driver who is not calling anyone. It was like instant ageing. The research shows that it does not matter if the phone is hand held or hands free. All the person has to be doing is be "actively be part of a conversation" for the ageing effect to happen. When 18 to 25-year-olds were placed in a driving simulator and talked on a cellular phone, they reacted to brake lights from a car in front of them as slowly as 65 to 74-year-olds. Apparently using a phone makes your driving impairment on a par with a drunk driver. However, elderly drivers using a cell phone aren't any more of a hazard to themselves and others than they normally would be

Maybe we should be taxing old drivers £60 and 3 points everytime they are caught driving?