Gauging your cellphone distraction game

[Odd]

I was .34 seconds slower to react and missed 10% more gates.

Gauging Your Distraction - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

Also, whoever designed that roadway system needs to be shot. No wonder they have toll booths with only one open lane every 200 yards - there's no traffic!

[TXCharlie]

The secret is to just put it on auto-pilot and plow through the gates - It was simpler and it's not my car.

I came up with a score BETTER than yours: I was only .15 seconds slower while texting, and missed 0% more gates

[Terminator]

Not a good example of texting and driving. I will be steering with my hand, not pushing a computer keyboard number pad at last second, to determine direction. And typing it a lot harder with a mouse cursor than a QWERTY keyboard.

[Odd]

Yeah, it's nonsense as a "texting simulator" That's why I threw it in here.

That said, how has Charlie been practicing?

[Sapper_132]

Not a good example of texting and driving. I will be steering with my hand, not pushing a computer keyboard number pad at last second, to determine direction. And typing it a lot harder with a mouse cursor than a QWERTY keyboard.

Agreed, plus I will have my blackberry in front of me not to my side.