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Women drivers pay lip service to safety
Nearly half a million road accidents a year are caused by women drivers applying make-up, according to a new survey.
One in five female motorists admit touched up their make-up on the move - and three per cent had caused an accident while applying cosmetics.
Young women, aged between 17 and 21, were found to be the most likely to put beauty before safety in the poll of 4,000 women drivers by motor insurer Diamond.
Twenty-seven per cent confessed to putting on make-up and nine per cent of those aged 18 or younger have had a crash while doing so - three times the average.
Diamond managing director Sian Lewis said it was "worrying" that so many women put themselves and other road users at risk.
"We all have busy lives but applying your make-up when you're driving means your full attention is not on the road ahead," she said.
"Is your mascara more important than yours and other road users' safety? Even if you're lucky enough to arrive at your destination safely, you could be charged with careless driving if spotted by the police.
"Women are generally great at doing more than one thing at once but this is definitely one area where multitasking should not be practised."
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Women drivers pay lip service to safety
Nearly half a million road accidents a year are caused by women drivers applying make-up, according to a new survey.
One in five female motorists admit touched up their make-up on the move - and three per cent had caused an accident while applying cosmetics.
Young women, aged between 17 and 21, were found to be the most likely to put beauty before safety in the poll of 4,000 women drivers by motor insurer Diamond.
Twenty-seven per cent confessed to putting on make-up and nine per cent of those aged 18 or younger have had a crash while doing so - three times the average.
Diamond managing director Sian Lewis said it was "worrying" that so many women put themselves and other road users at risk.
"We all have busy lives but applying your make-up when you're driving means your full attention is not on the road ahead," she said.
"Is your mascara more important than yours and other road users' safety? Even if you're lucky enough to arrive at your destination safely, you could be charged with careless driving if spotted by the police.
"Women are generally great at doing more than one thing at once but this is definitely one area where multitasking should not be practised."