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webgenius
02-03-2007, 04:57 PM
More than a third of young drivers are more likely to go faster on the roads after playing on-screen driving games, a survey suggests. And 27% of motorists aged 16 to 24 admitted more risk-taking on the road after a gaming session.


A thousand drivers were questioned on behalf of driving school BSM.
BSM's road safety consultant Robin Cummins said the results showed an 'indisputable' link between gaming and dangerous driving.


A quarter of drivers even said they imagine they are in a driving simulation game while driving for real - men are the worst offenders for this.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6410061.stm

Pathik
02-03-2007, 05:05 PM
crap surveys n researches..

webgenius
02-03-2007, 05:08 PM
crap surveys n researches.. Hey it happens if you are a game freak. You won't be driving the way you drive everyday after you play racing games like NFS. It has happened to me also.

piyush gupta
02-03-2007, 06:14 PM
^^ I usually drive like MW only missing is NOS

eggman
03-03-2007, 12:00 AM
I though it was about 'hardware drivers'

thunderbird.117
03-03-2007, 12:07 AM
I though it was about 'hardware drivers'

I thought the same thing when i saw the thread :D.

alok4best
06-03-2007, 12:11 AM
even me...:D:D:D:D

gaurav_indian
06-03-2007, 12:34 AM
I though it was about 'hardware drivers'
This shows how much we love our drivers(hardware not car driver).:D

dOm1naTOr
06-03-2007, 12:56 AM
This shows how much we love our drivers(hardware not car driver).:D

but should be updated at times:D or the drivers would lag:D

casanova
06-03-2007, 09:04 AM
I did first think, it was hardware drivers but just before opening the thread it striked that these are those real world drivers.

It is quite true though.

s18000rpm
06-03-2007, 09:33 AM
yup. its true.

i too try to do some Colin McRae 05 tricks on real road:D, like counter steering in corners.

i do (try) it in very controlled space & condition.:wink: (like @2am in my street:D)

but till date i failed to do that thing as my dad's Alto (800cc) aint a Race bred Product:D:D:D

on bikes (i game - MotoGP 03)
in real world i do extremly enjoy Lateral Braking:cool:, going Flat-Out on some corners :twisted: , braking in half way in a corner to piss-off my frnd :twisted: ( braking in corner is as easy, but many ppl(my frnds) fear that , i dunno why:confused: )

usually i do these Stunts when i win a long (2-3 hour) Rally (CMR04) with my cousin Bro:D, normally i just go with lateral braking:):D


but i never do (did) anything like this after playing NFS MW:D, coz that game is not a Pro's game (like CMR04), its more like a child's game:D

piyush gupta
06-03-2007, 12:50 PM
^^ I feel after MW u try stop watch at streets(but how?):D

s18000rpm
06-03-2007, 01:09 PM
didnt get you:oops::D

webgenius
06-03-2007, 01:34 PM
I feel like smashing Cops after playing MW http://www.gp32spain.com/foros/images/smilies/smilie_loco.gif

alok4best
07-03-2007, 12:26 AM
I feel like smashing Cops after playing MW http://www.gp32spain.com/foros/images/smilies/smilie_loco.gif

Then U'll bcome MW...ur car might get impounded..DL revoked and u behind BARS :D:D:D

thunderbird.117
07-03-2007, 12:34 AM
I feel like smashing Cops after playing MW http://www.gp32spain.com/foros/images/smilies/smilie_loco.gif

Hmm. You need to go to rehab. I think you have go and stay with britney spears. :D

dOm1naTOr
07-03-2007, 02:07 AM
yes in that way she'll have one more friend to stop her from suiciding. But dun take her Ferrari for a ride or else ull land in foreign jails:D :D

piyush gupta
07-03-2007, 11:58 AM
didnt get you:oops::D

Buddy i m saying after playing MW .

how u try stop watch or Roads:D

sysfilez
07-03-2007, 12:02 PM
oops hardware drivers. anyway these ppl from US, UK and europe they do all silly surverys.