Older drivers more prone to drink-driving, younger to texting

October 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Women drivers applying make-up while behind the wheel are responsible for almost half a million road accidents a year in Britain, according to a new survey. About one-fifth of the female motorists surveyed confessed that they had touched up their mascara on the move - equivalent to 2.7 million of Britain's 15 million women drivers.

September 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A staggering 90 percent of Americans want writing text messages while driving to be banned, according to a poll. The CBS News/New York Times survey quizzed 1042 adults across the country, and found that only 8 percent had no problems against texting while behind the wheels.

September 12th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Driving a silver car is a statement of success, but still white car, which is synonymous with change, has become the most popular colour for people's vehicles around the world. A yellow or red car screams that the person behind the wheels is a confident extrovert.

September 7th, 2009 SYDNEY - Women aged 40 and above are just as likely as younger women to meet new sexual partners on the internet, according to a new Australian survey. Nearly 45 per cent of the middle aged women agreed to snaring at least one new lover in a year.

September 4th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood star Michelle Pfeiffer prefers being paired with older men onscreen, but says film directors always cast her opposite younger actors. Pfeiffer, 51, who recently acted opposite the 27-year-old Rupert Friend in Chiri, was quoted by the Telegraph as saying: "The older I get, the younger the leading man gets." Recently, Pfeiffer had admitted that she feels less pressure to dress youthfully.I can't wear a skirt that's too short any more.

August 26th, 2009 Fall Out Boy singer Patrick Stump arrested in LALOS ANGELES — Singer Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy has been arrested on a two-year-old warrant for driving without a valid license. Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore says the 25-year-old was arrested late Tuesday during a traffic stop by Los Angeles police.

August 17th, 2009 LONDON - English singer George Michael was "driving like a madman" before crashing his car into the back of a lorry on a dual carriageway, reveals an eyewitness. The 'Faith' hitmaker was arrested on August 14 following the collision, which occurred just two months after his two-year driving ban was lifted.

August 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has shown that most older drivers are unaware of the potential impact on driving performance associated with taking medications. Led by experts from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), the study indicates that 95 percent of those age 55 and older have one or more medical conditions, 78 percent take one or more medications, and only 28 percent have an awareness of the risks those medications might have on driving ability.

July 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Typing an SMS while behind the wheel increases the risk of crash or near crash by 23-fold in Truck drivers, according to a study. Researchers at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute also found that truckers were six times as likely to crash while dialling and nearly seven times as likely when simply reaching for an object like a cell phone.

July 9th, 2009 LONDON - Daniel Radcliffe has confessed that he has dated older women in the past but says it is just coincidental. "When I was younger I liked older women but now...

July 8th, 2009 LONDON - "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe denies having a fetish for older women and says it is purely a coincidence that he has only dated women in their 20s. The 19-year-old reportedly refuses to go out with girls his age because he finds them too 'high maintenance', and even his own mother believes he deliberately targets older women but Radcliffe is adamant he has no specific age range in mind when looking for romance, reports contactmusic.com.

June 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of twelve experts have released a consensus statement with recommendations for drivers with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD). ICD patients have an ongoing risk of sudden incapacitation that may cause harm to others while driving a car, and thus driving restrictions are imposed making these recommendations an important guideline for such patients.

June 13th, 2009 LONDON - English musician Pete Doherty has pleaded guilty for driving under influence and drug possession. The 30-year-old singer was arrested on June 11 after police officers spotted a car being driven erratically as the he left a gig in Gloucester, south west England.

May 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has shown that older drivers are less cautious when driving on brightly illuminated highways at night. Ryerson University researchers found that older drivers who rarely drove or avoided driving at night were less accurate and braked faster when they were driving with more light.

May 27th, 2009 LONDON - There seems to be more trouble in Jordan's life because her former lover Dane Bowers, interrogated in connection with a suspected drink-driving case, has told cops that he was staying with Jordan at the time of the car crash being probed. The police rushed to Jordan's mansion after neighbours heard a "huge bang" at 4am only to find Bowers standing next to the car.