Dumb Driving Habits

Ever wonder why there are so many auto accidents. Catapulting down the highway with over 4,000 pounds of steel isn’t enough of an activity for the typical U.S. driver, who needs to be doing more than merely watching the traffic and listening to the radio, or so says a new survey by Insurance.com.

We all know about cell phones. Who hasn’t been nearly sideswiped by a matron caught up in a juicy tidbit of telephone gossip, while changing lanes in her suburban? But, you might be surprised to know that talking on the cellphone is merely the second most-common driving distraction.

The Insurance.com. survey some 1,500 individuals, just 42% of Americans drive without dangerous distractions. Watch out for the remaining 58%, who confessed to doing one — or several — other activities from reading (unreal) to texting their friends.

Guess what is numero 1...Eating, haha, A full 39% of those surveyed say that they eat and drink while driving. (Of course it’s possible that they’re talking on the cell phone at the same time.) The survey allowed for multiple “yes” choices, and given the numbers, they got them.

So exactly what are people doing while driving? According to Insurance.com’s survey:
39.13% are eating and/or drinking , and a few talking on the cell no doubt
30.1% are chatting it up on a cell phone
8.6% are texting
2.95% are either shaving or putting on make-up (this group needs to get up earlier...
2.33% are reading , these people need a new life
2.09% say they’re doing something else, but they’re not going to tell us what it is.
So it can be pretty scary out there in the world driving around living life and not paying attention to what you are doing. Not only could you get yourself killed but kill somebody else who was just trying to get home to there family. So be careful, be smart. Whats This