A Distracting Reason for Limo Hire

An NRMA Motoring and Services survey has recently found that men are more easily distracted when driving than women. Surveying 1,350 motorists, 8% of men admitted to crashing because they were distracted while driving, compared to only 5% of women.

Now is this because the women in the survey didn’t want to admit they were not paying attention to the road when they crashed, or is it simply proof that men have one track minds and once they lose their track of concentrating on the road, it is hard to stay focussed on what they are doing.

Also, 30% of men, compared with 20% of women, told of close calls while driving, as a result of being distracted. However, most of those surveyed admitted to undertaking risky behaviour when behind the wheel, everything from adjusting the stereo to eating and drinking. Some surveyed even admitted to talking on their mobile phone, without using their hands free kit, or to reading a map while driving.

The most popular distractions included shaving, reading a newspaper, kissing, chasing insects or putting on makeup. While the survey shows men are more easily distracted, it also shows that women are distracted behind the wheel too. So for your own safety and the safety of others on the road, if you know you need to get things done on your drive into work, hire a limousine.

Hiring a limousine to get you into work when you have to prepare for a big meeting, or to take you to the airport for a flight gives you the chance to organise yourself in the back of the limousine, and not dangerously when behind the wheel. In the back of the limousine it is not only safer, but easier to shave, put on your makeup or have a morning snack, and the smoothness of the limousine will mean there are no nicks, cuts or makeup malfunctions.

For more information about hiring a limousine to stop you getting distracted behind the wheel, contact Limo Hire Sheffield now.