Texting whilst driving

In 2008, the use of mobile phones for tasks other than calls was growing dramatically. The risk posed by drivers using their phone for texting was recognised but not quantified.

In this landmark study for TRL and funded by the RAC Foundation, Nick used TRL’s high fidelity driving simulator to produce one of the world’s first objective studies to measure the impact of texting on driver behaviour. The results were covered extensively in the media (e.g. BBC)