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Young/Getty Images/iStockphoto)  Do you text and drive? You’re
as dangerous as a drunk driver: study Add to ...  Texting behind
the wheel may not have the same social stigma as driving drunk,
but it can potentially be just as dangerous. Want to know how
irresponsible u r being trying to txt and drv? Consider this:
you’re pretty much driving like someone who is wasted.
Researchers in Australia and Barcelona have found that you are
just as bad a driver when answering a text message as you are
when your blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is above the legal
limits in Spain (0.5 gram/litre).  More Related to this Story
In a simulation, study participants drove a car after consuming
alcohol and also while using a mobile phone.  “We conducted the
study in Australia and the participants, who were volunteer
students holding a driving license, had to keep their position
in the centre of the left