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LONDON (Reuters) - Over a million motorists think
about sex rather than the road ahead and millions more
who don't indulge in intimate thoughts are worrying
about work or thinking about their families, a survey
said on Thursday.
Research from car insurer More Than found one in five
drivers admit to concentrating behind the wheel less
than 75 percent of the time, with 1.2 million thinking
mostly about sex.
And sex wasn't the only non-traffic thoughts motorists
have. For 3.2 million drivers work was the main focus
and for 2 million more it was family issues that
dominated.
"Unsafe habits can be unlearned just as easily as they
can be learned, but first, drivers must recognize the
risk they face by not concentrating on their driving,"
said Lisa Dorn, director of Driver Research at
Cranfield University of the findings.
The study also revealed drivers' pet hates.
Topping the list were tailgaters (28 percent), lane
hoggers (20 percent) and drivers who cut in (11
percent).
Other road users who drove too fast and those who
drove too slowly were also rated on 11 percent.
The research carried out by Sky Living for More Than
questioned 4,497 adults in June, 2006.
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