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Ford-sponsored survey says a third of Brits have snapped a 'selfie' while driving [w/
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Talking on the phone while driving isn't advisable, and texting while driving is downright dangerous. Considering those truths, the fact that we even need to point this out this is incredibly disturbing: taking "selfies" while behind the wheel is exceptionally stupid. But, it's a thing that a third of 18- to 24-year-old British drivers have copped to doing, according to a new study from Ford.
Ford, through its Driving Skills for Life program, surveyed 7,000 smartphone owners from across Europe, all aged between 18 and 24, and found that young British drivers were more likely to snap a selfie while behind the wheel than their counterparts in Germany, France, Romania, Italy, Spain and Belgium.
According to the study, the average selfie takes 14 seconds, which, while traveling at 60 miles per hour, is long enough to travel over the length of nearly four football fields (the Ford study uses soccer fields, but we translated it to football, because, you know, America). That's an extremely dangerous distance to not be focused on the road.
"Taking a 'selfie' has for many young people quickly become an integral part of everyday life - but it's the last thing you should be doing behind the wheel of a car," Jim Graham, of Ford's Driving Skills for Life program said in a statement. "It is deeply worrying that so many young drivers admit to taking a photo while driving and we will be doing all we can to highlight the potential dangers through driver education."
If you're a driver in the UK - or anywhere for that matter - when you're behind the wheel, just put the phone down.
Scroll down for the press release from Ford, as well as a pair of short videos meant to highlight the danger of selfies while driving.Continue reading Ford-sponsored survey says a third of Brits have snapped a 'selfie' while driving [w/videos]
Ford-sponsored survey says a third of Brits have snapped a 'selfie' while driving [w/videos] originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 08 Aug 2014 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Talking on the phone while driving isn't advisable, and texting while driving is downright dangerous. Considering those truths, the fact that we even need to point this out this is incredibly disturbing: taking "selfies" while behind the wheel is exceptionally stupid. But, it's a thing that a third of 18- to 24-year-old British drivers have copped to doing, according to a new study from Ford.
Ford, through its Driving Skills for Life program, surveyed 7,000 smartphone owners from across Europe, all aged between 18 and 24, and found that young British drivers were more likely to snap a selfie while behind the wheel than their counterparts in Germany, France, Romania, Italy, Spain and Belgium.
According to the study, the average selfie takes 14 seconds, which, while traveling at 60 miles per hour, is long enough to travel over the length of nearly four football fields (the Ford study uses soccer fields, but we translated it to football, because, you know, America). That's an extremely dangerous distance to not be focused on the road.
"Taking a 'selfie' has for many young people quickly become an integral part of everyday life - but it's the last thing you should be doing behind the wheel of a car," Jim Graham, of Ford's Driving Skills for Life program said in a statement. "It is deeply worrying that so many young drivers admit to taking a photo while driving and we will be doing all we can to highlight the potential dangers through driver education."
If you're a driver in the UK - or anywhere for that matter - when you're behind the wheel, just put the phone down.
Scroll down for the press release from Ford, as well as a pair of short videos meant to highlight the danger of selfies while driving.Continue reading Ford-sponsored survey says a third of Brits have snapped a 'selfie' while driving [w/videos]
Ford-sponsored survey says a third of Brits have snapped a 'selfie' while driving [w/videos] originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 08 Aug 2014 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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