A survey has found that catatings with passengers and daylight are more likely to distracted driving errors than the use of mobile phones.
The RAC, which operates the pole, warned that being distracted could “have terrible consequences.”
Survey of 2,691 UK drivers found that three out of five (63 percent) admitted to making errors while driving due to their distraction.
Among this group, the most frequent causes were thinking about conversations with passengers (43 percent) and unrelated subjects (37 percent).
Additionally, interaction with modern touchscreen systems for tasks such as heating, radio and navigation contributed to driver errors, in which 26 percent of such incidents were reported.
Mistakes included recalling a junction, exceeding speed range, ending in the wrong lane and crashing in almost another road user.
When all the respondents of the survey were asked what they consider to be distracted, the most common reactions were talking to a phone (46 percent) and applying makeup or shaving (42 percent).
But among those who accepted distracted mistakes, only 8 percent and 2 percent of drivers respectively stated that they were the reasons.
apart Transport department (DFT) statistics suggest that 940 people were killed or seriously injured in accidents on Britain’s roads in 2023, where a driver was found to be distracted by something inside their vehicle.
RAC Road Safety spokesman Rod Dennis said: “It is so common to talk to travelers or daylight that they are not considered to distract big by drivers, but our research has shown that they are actually responsible for most errors that accept drivers.
“Although your eyes are on the road, it is easy for your brain to wander behind the wheel, especially on a long journey.
“The distractions can have frightening consequences for both self and other road users, especially in extreme examples such as failed to stay at a junction or on a red light or crossing.
“Driving is still a very mentally demanding task, especially when we need to be able to react to what is in front of a partition-second, so it is important that we can do everything we can be alert and minimize the distractions.”
