Strathclyde Tyres Blog

More than half of drivers (53%) are risking deadly pile-ups on motorways by driving too close to the vehicle in front, according to research by road safety charity Brake and Direct Line.

The figures reveal that more drivers are taking this deadly risk compared to seven years ago (49%), and men are far more likely to do it than women, with a horrifying three in ten male drivers (30%) doing so at least weekly.

A pair of studies by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and State Farm have identified factors that may lead teens to drive with multiple peer passengers and, then, how those passengers may affect their driver's behaviour just before a serious crash.

The US studies have been published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.