Lot of us are proud of multi-tasking. Listening to music while working, singing in the shower, peeling onions when the oil is heating up - all these come naturally to many people. There are a few geniuses who can juggle 4 saucers while reciting a poem and simultaneously dance to a changing tune. Unless you are one such a genius, science doesn't recommend you to multi-task while driving.
Watch this video from New York Times:
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/07/18/technology/1194841442782/distracted-drivers.html
Try this game:
http://www.nytimes.com//interactive/2009/07/19/technology/20090719-driving-game.html
The focus of these studies is to prove that it is necessary to have full (100%) attention on the road when you are behind the wheel. It is worth the caution.
If someone tries to multi-task whendriving on the highway and hits the median/rams into the side wall, they lose valuble time, money, health - in the worst case their life. To be very harsh and probably inhumane, one can go to the extent of saying that the driver deserved the ill-fate as s/he chose to risk it. However, it is very unfair to the other drivers on the road.
This is why the self-proclaimed geniuses who chose to multi-task when driving should be brought to justice. Whoever wants to be exempt from this law should pass a mandatory multi-tasking test when applying for his/her driver's license. The game on the NYTimes website should sure be a good test!!
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