danphoto
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- East Sussex
Why, when driving a car and talking to the front seat passenger, do so many car drivers feel the need to take their eyes off the road and look at the passenger every time they say something?
I'd never thought about this until several years ago, when the lady wife pointed out that whenever I've given somebody a lift in the front seat of our motor car, sooner or later they'd remark upon the fact that I didn't turn to look at them when talking to them - and those comments were invariably positive.
Since then I've been astonished by how often we'll be following a car the driver of which seems incapable of talking to the occupant of the front seat without looking at them. Further research is necessary to determine whether these are the same people who, when cornering in a motor car, lean into the bend, but for now - any theories as to why they are compelled to do it?
I'd never thought about this until several years ago, when the lady wife pointed out that whenever I've given somebody a lift in the front seat of our motor car, sooner or later they'd remark upon the fact that I didn't turn to look at them when talking to them - and those comments were invariably positive.
Since then I've been astonished by how often we'll be following a car the driver of which seems incapable of talking to the occupant of the front seat without looking at them. Further research is necessary to determine whether these are the same people who, when cornering in a motor car, lean into the bend, but for now - any theories as to why they are compelled to do it?