DWD---Are You Guilty??

How many of us are guilty of DWD?

You know these people and you see them every day. They are the beauty queens putting makeup on during the morning rush hour. The hurried mom putting her contacts in while driving. The busy housewife making her grocery list out while sitting at the stop sign and the busy professional talking and making deals on his cell phone while trying to juggle papers in his briefcase in the next seat.

Surely none of us do these things, but according to the results of a survey released by Nationwide Mutual Insurance, "driving while distracted" is prevalent and more dangerous than you might think. Of the 1,200 US drivers surveyed, 59 percent don't consider themselves distracted drivers, yet 80 percent identify themselves as multitaskers.

I guess the definition of distracted was never given to these individuals before the survey.

The most common multitasking events were talking on cell phones, with 73 percent of respondents admitting to chatting and driving. Among the younger crowd, 37 percent confessed to text messaging, while 48 percent said they ate full meals while on the road. Other common themes drivers admit to doing in addition to driving include reading a book, changing seats with a passenger, watching movies, and nursing a baby.

What kind of things have our readers witnessed on the road??