News.com reports on a cell-phone use study which confirms that [a href="vny!://news.com.com/Study+Cell+talkers+as+bad+as+drunken+drivers/2100-1039_3-6089908.html?tag=nefd.top"]talking on your cell is as bad as being drunk[/a], when it comes to driving skill. The researchers studied 40 volunteers in a driving simulator.
From the article: "[The subjects were observed] while undistracted, using a handheld cell phone, using a hands-free cell phone and while intoxicated to a 0.08 percent blood-alcohol level--the average legal level of impairment in the United States--after drinking vodka and orange juice. Three study participants rear-ended the simulated car in front of them. All were talking on cell phones and none was drunk, the researchers said."
