How passengers can cause road accidents

For most passengers, accidents will be viewed as the responsibility of those behind the wheel. However, in some cases the reality will be altogether different as the actions of passengers have the potential to cause drivers to become distracted or agitated, heightening the risk of injury to all road users.

Passenger accidents can have various causes. Even a simple non-antagonistic conversation, if not conducted with due care and attention to the road, can distract a driver into making catastrophic errors.

Arguments, on the other hand, have a much higher chance of resulting in a road accident, as the human brain is ill equipped to be able to concentrate on complex manual tasks whilst simultaneously being occupied with strong emotions. Although figures detailing the incidence of such crashes are very hard to collate, it is estimated that such driver-passenger arguments are the cause of thousands of serious road accidents worldwide each year.

Passengers can cause more than verbal distraction to a driver. Eating strong-smelling food, smoking, singing and making sudden unexplained movements may all present hazards to a driver.

Disconsolate child passengers may also effect in adults the kinds of primal parental response mechanisms that have been shown to significantly reduce the brain's ability to concentrate.

In fact, the AAA Foundation For Traffic Safety in the USA has found passenger-caused distraction to be behind 10.9% of all road accidents that cite driver distraction as their primary cause.

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