In May, the agency warned patients taking common allergy drugs like Benadryl against driving, noting that the sedating effects can sometimes last into the following day.
The report recommends that such so-called externalities be factored into the cost of driving, noting that even the €373bn tally does not include costs from congestion or ill health caused by lack of exercise.
Judge Rand added he didn't want the ruling to be used as an excuse for downplaying the importance of paying attention while driving, noting Americans have become almost addicted to wireless communication and stating, "That is the reality of today's world".
A French study from 2012 concluded that drowsy driving was "almost as bad as drinking and driving," noting that "drivers who were either drunk or sleepy were at least twice as likely to be responsible for a vehicle accident compared to their well-rested or sober counterparts".
Of course, Ms. Park and another driving teacher noted, perhaps Ms. Cha should content herself with simply getting the license and not endangering others on the road by actually driving.
That's shamefully below the E.P.A. rating of 47 m.p.g. for both highway and city driving, something noted by reviewers and owners (and has resulted in a class-action suit against Ford in California).
Thirty states have banned texting while driving, Mr. LaHood noted, and eight of those states bar any use of a hand-held phone behind the wheel.
An inevitable question often follows: "Their Green or our Green?" But as Mr. Taei noted, driving through the Green Zone on a recent day, past some of the palaces he had a hand in helping construct, "The history of Iraq is here".
The chase on Nov. 29, 2012, involved more than 100 police officers — more than a third of the on-duty Cleveland police personnel on duty, the Justice Department later noted — driving dozens of police vehicles on a high-speed pursuit lasting for nearly 30 minutes.
