Mobiles not good for driving: Study

Whether the phone is handheld or hands-free, a 20-year-old talking on it while driving has the reactions of a 70-year-old, "increasing their risk of accidents," the Associated Press reports. That's according to a University of Utah study of 18-to-25-year-old drivers. "In fact, motorists who talk on cell phones are more impaired than drunken drivers with blood-alcohol levels exceeding 0.08," the AP adds. Drivers on phones are 18% slower in braking and take 17% longer to regain speed after braking, the study found. The findings are a challenge to laws that only address driving while talking on a handheld cell phone.