Driving sick may be like driving drunk

A British insurance agency tested healthy adults and those with colds, headaches and stress.

The agency found that drivers who were sick were 11 percent slower in their reaction time, which is about the same as drinking a double shot of hard liquor.

Drivers with the flu needed an extra three feet to stop while traveling 30 miles per hour.


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