Studies conducted in the UK showed that the use of "smart" watch while driving is more dangerous than smartphones. Transport Science Laboratory in Wokingham found that the driver while reading a message from Apple Watch it takes about 2.52 seconds to react and perform emergency braking, while the driver, talking to other passengers react for 0.9 seconds.
Reading messages from Apple Watch distracting even more than with conventional smartphone, using which the driver will respond in 1.85 seconds.
The researchers did not report exactly what they were using "smart" watches and they have not carried out a full-scale test, taking into account all factors, but early studies have shown that even the use of handsfree more distracting conversation with another person in the car.
Have already been attempts to introduce legislation to ban the use of "smart" watches while driving. In turn, the use of phones while driving was banned in the UK back in 2003. However, many drivers in the country continue to violate the law, which has become a cause of many fatal accidents. The UK government has decided to release a series of television commercials social telling about the dangers of using various gadgets behind the wheel.
