Make-up causes 500,000 crashes each year

by .:Hibat Allah:. Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:59 pm

Make-up causes 500,000 crashes each year

Women cause around 500,000 care crashes each year because they get
distracted while putting on make-up at the wheel, it has been revealed.
A survey found 20 per cent of women regularly touch up their mascara on
the move, with three per cent admitting having causing a collision as a
result. Women aged between 17 and 21 were the most likely to get
distracted by their make-up, with 27 per cent of 18-year-olds admitting
doing it and nine percent crashing with they did so. A spokesperson for
Diamond car insurance, who commissioned the poll, said it was worrying
that so many women risked the safety of themselves and others for the
sake of make-up. New laws mean that being caught doing you make-up
while driving could result ina two-year jail term unless you have
already done your mascara and flutter your eyelashes at the officer.
(Agencies)