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Snail? Armadillo? How Quick Are Your Reactions?
from Jack,
How good a driver are you?

Getting old, are we? Reflexes slowing down? As I remember, the automobile driving manual says the average driver's reaction time is . 75 seconds -or- 1 car length for every 10 mph.
Here is a test of your reaction times.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf

Make sure you have your mouse or glidepad ready when the game begins. Also, I found that just tapping the glidepad was pretty slow compared with clicking the right button.
Category: Eclectic Miscellany Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 12:30am
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