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Adult drivers are regularly distracted by young passengers increasing the risk of being involved in a road accident  - 19th February 2008

Child passengers can be a dangerous distraction whist driving according to a survey by Citroen. Around 90 percent of survey of 1,000 people said that they had been distracted by children while driving on one or more occasions.

Of those questioned 25 percent said that distractions caused by child passengers had either caused or nearly caused a car accident. 

Where road accidents were the result of child distractions, almost half of the children were aged under two, with a further third being aged three to eight.

These accidents can also lead to unnecessary car accident claims against the drivers insurance, and maybe the loss of no claims discount. For 10 percent of the survey fighting, screaming and all-round misbehaviour was a regular occurrence on car journeys from children.

Other findings were that the average time for youngsters to become restless is between 15 and 30 minutes with distractions such as fighting, arguing, crying and chocking. Head of education at road safety charity Brake, Jools Townsend said: "Drivers must be able to concentrate fully on the road and when children are a distraction this poses a real danger.

It only takes a split second to lose concentration and crash. "It is essential that drivers ensure children are securely strapped in before setting off and that they have something to keep them occupied. Also explain the dangers of distracting the driver. If children are misbehaving then find somewhere safe to pull over and calm them down."

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