Motorists take their eyes off road 10% of time

Motorists typically have their eyes off the road for a tenth of the time they are driving, a study has revealed.

For 10% of their journey they are eating, reaching for the phone, texting, or engaged in other activities that cause concentration to wander away from what is happening beyond the windscreen.

Predictably, teenagers who had recently passed their test were most likely to crash or experience a near-miss as a result of being distracted, according to US researchers.