Driver texting with BlackBerry causes six car pileup

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 4:29 am

Story

...you know, there's multitasking, and there's seriously f*ked up

Regards

B1ackBerrY · Post by **B1ackBerrY** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:41 am

What the... I was like wtf when I read the title name and I thought how did I cause a car accident.
Some people can't mutitask as easy as others. So people can focus 100% at 2 things while others can focus 50% at 2 things. Still, he shouldn't be doing so. He had it coming for typing his message and not stopping first.

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:52 am

Driving is something you should NOT multitask at. 'Nuff seid.

Regards

Katyusha · Post by **Katyusha** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:31 pm

Cited for following too closely? No no no, what they SHOULD do is Hang, Draw and Quarter him.

..And you gotta love the Palm Treo ad in the middle of the article.

"Use this instead of the Blackberry! Less crashes, more text!"

Post by **Taurec** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:41 pm

B1ackBerrY wrote:So people can focus 100% at 2 things

imo nope.

While we multi-task our brain uses two distinct stages, goal shifting ("I want to do this now instead of that") and rule activation ("I'm turning off the rules for that and turning on the rules for this"). Both stages help people unconsciously switch between tasks.
Rule activation takes time, several tenths of a second -- which can add up when people switch back and forth between tasks.

At 140Km/H 0.5 seconds can be the difference between crash and no crash.

KiLlEr · Post by **KiLlEr** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 1:26 am

.5 secs?

You're being generous. It takes longer than .5 secs to decide to swerve or break, and then perform the decided task.

If your eyes are not glued to the road ahead, you are going to plow into a surprise for sure.

Katyusha · Post by **Katyusha** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 1:42 am

Meh, the Palm Treo ad in the middle as still the best part of the article.