Nearly half a million accidents a year caused by women farding in their cars!

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Women who

pay lip service

to safety

October 2nd, 2009

ANANOVA

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 practiced.”

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As Rush Limbaugh explained

on his radio show years ago,

FARD is French for make up,

so the joke in this

headline is his.

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I was listening the first time

Rush said women were

farding in their cars.

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A few radio stations suspended

his show that day and many

listeners were outraged –

it was a classic moment

in radio history!

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