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Re: Oh hey, let me blame something else on ADD…

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ADD is expensive. And, when behind the wheel, it can be dangerous—even fatal.

I’m surprised insurance underwriters don’t ask about ADD when they write a policy. Consider: it is said that distraction (texting, talking on the phone, applying makeup, eating) renders a sober driver as dangerous as a drunk one—four times as likely to be involved in an accident. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/technology/series/driven_to_distraction/index.html

ADDers are constantly distracted by… well, by just about everything. If one employs a syllogism (“distraction exponentially increases risk” and “ADDers are by nature constantly distracted”) it then follows that we might as well be driving under the influence every time we pull out of the driveway. Of course, some ADDers are more distracted than others. Still, it’s something to consider.

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