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To Eat or Not To Eat on Your Driving Lessons Leeds

No this doesn't actually mean you are going to eat whilst on your driving lessons Leeds, but whether or not it would be legal in a hypothetical situation. This is a huge debate that has popped up recently and the question must be tackled.

I'm sure there isn't a person on the road that hasn't ever pulled up next to a car at the traffic lights and the driver has had a burger in one hand a drink in the other, whilst eating their chips off the dashboard, controlling their steering wheel with their knees. What makes it worse is that a few of these people have probably had small children in the back or other passengers.

After much controversy the government are now thinking about making eating and driving illegal just as using a mobile phone is. This would mean passing an act of parliament to make eating and driving illegal, many think this should have been doneyesterday!

Some say that eating and driving shouldn't even be placed into the same class as using a mobile phone behind the wheel, however when comparing the differences between the two it is very hard to see why. The reason why driving and using a mobile phonewas banned is because it draws your attention away from the road, as does eating, so why this shouldn’t be banned also?

Your instructor wouldn't let you use a mobile phone whilst driving on your driving lessons Leeds, neither would they let you eat and there is good reason for this. Not only would they not allow you to eat on your driving lessons but you would probably almost certainly struggle to drive as a beginner driver whilst doing something else and even the most experienced drivers cause accidents whilst doing this.

Eating or drinking when driving is very dangerous and causes many accidents on the road each year. Eating or drinking whilst driving increases your chances of an accident by 80% and it was said thy 65% of near misses are caused by people eating whilst driving. You can see why this is turning into a major problem on the road.

To eat or not to eat? On your driving lessons in Leeds it is almost certainly not to eat, however there is no one supervising you once you have passed your driving lessons and it’s not illegal so there is nothing to stop you from doing so!

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