No, I don’t text while I drive. I’m too dumb to do that, and so is my old clamshell phone that barely texts while I sit. However, were I to text while I drive, I now know that I’d be dead if I did thanks to a game on the NYTimes that guages what happens to your reaction time when you text and drive. It accompanies an article about how people and lawmakers ignore the fact that driving and texting or talking on the phone is really dangerous.

Anyway, this is not meant as a PSA or as me telling you what to do. I just thought my results were really interesting. The game was hard, even the second time. If you take it, tell me how you did. I’d be curious how good (or not) my readers are at this kind of thing. Good luck and, let’s be safe out there.

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