I'm not sure if any of you caught the mythbusters where they tested sober, drunk (they HAD to blow a .079 or less as Cal. Law prohibits .08 and they were being monitored by CA. State Police) and Cell Phone use, while behind the wheel...
They set them on a road course with an instructor/observer...
They ran the course sober, and were scored based upon performance...
then the ran it while talking on a cell phone and ansering questions that required various levels of thought...form simple ie. name, so on to more complex like math equasions...etc.
then they had them start drinking...each person took different amounts to reach the tatget of as close to .08(without actually reaching it...thereby staying within the legal requirements of NOT driving drunk)
the results were interesting...
the results while "not drunk" were dismal although they were NOT LEGALY drunk their ability to drive the course was greatly diminished...and according to the rules of the course they failed the exam with "flying" colors...
those same results while chating (non-hands free) were AS BAD IF NOT WORSE!!! than those who were "legaly sober"
it was surprizing to me the level of imparement from those who were "not drunk"
it was not surprizing to me the results from the cell phone chating (as I see this daily)
