This from the Henry County Local: A 16-year old male driver was typing a text message into his phone when he almost rear-ended a motorcycle, veered off the right side of the road then hit a deer.
A 16-year old girl fared little better, repeatedly crossing
the center line on a two-lane road while typing her name into her phone’s keypad.“She was pretty much over the center line all the time,” said James Gray of the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety.
It was all part of a distracted driving simulation at Henry County High School last week. Representatives of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s Drive Smart division were invited by the Henry County Family Resources and Youth Services Center to the school to demonstrate the dangers of distracted driving. A simulator was set up to test teenage drivers’ ability to drive while typing a text message on their cell phones.
When Jessica Booher, who has her driver’s permit, got behind the wheel she was instructed to begin driving normally.
After establishing a driving pattern, Gray told her to pick up her phone and type in her first and last names. Though she appeared to be watching the road, Booher repeatedly drifted over the center line into oncoming traffic...
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