Women applying makeup was actually listed as a cause of accidents under distracted driving in a study. But that was almost 20 years ago. I guess today, it should be “the driver applying eye makeup”
When they first started talking about banning people from using their phones while driving, they kept quoting the stat about number of accidents caused by distracting driving, INCLUDING using the phone. They neglected to mention at the time that among accident caused by distracted driving, phone were ranked 5th. Being distracted by things outside the car was number one, so rubber necking. Also talking to people in the car, eating, and reading were all up there. Yes, reading. People putting a book\newspaper on the steering wheel and reading.
So eating and drinking beat phone usage in causing accidents but no talk about banning that. I guess the fast food restaurants had too powerful of a lobby.
“Especially since we are watching ‘the Notebook’”.