Researchers claim children passengers are far more distracting to drivers than mobile phones .
To many parents, it may be confirmation of something they have long
suspected. A new study suggests that children pose a greater distraction
to drivers than using a mobile telephone at the wheel.
The research involved an analysis of 12 families over a period of three
weeks, in which all their car journeys were monitored by four cameras
installed in their vehicle.
The families taking part had an average of two children, between 1-8
years of age. In total, 92 trips were analysed by the researchers,
looking for any evidence of potentially distracting activity undertaken
by the driver, such as looking away from the road for more than two
seconds.
In 90 of the 92 trips studied, the team detected distracting activity on
the part of the motorist, with the average parent taking their eyes off
the road for three minutes and 22 seconds, during a 16 minute trip.
The video recordings showed that children travelling in the rear seats
accounted for 12 per cent of all potentially distracting activity,
compared to mobile phones, which were responsible for one per cent.
Source: Telegraph
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