Oh for Pete's flying sake...

BBC reports on a little thousand-man survey conducted by British driving school BSM that shows what they, BSM, claim is an "indisputable link" between playing driving games and then driving faster and harder. (We've been here before, haven't we?) Here are the results from the BSM survey which prompted that "indisputable" comment:

• 27% of motorists ages 16-24 admitted to more risk-taking on the road after a gaming session;
• A quarter of the drivers said that they felt like they were in a racing simulation while driving for real;
• 34% of respondents thought that racing games "can improve real-life driving ability";
• Two in five respondents (around 40% of the pool) thought that games "improve reflexes" (which is, in any case, a real-world driving skill, too);
• And just over half the regular gamers pass their driver's test for the first time, compared to only 45% of infrequent (or non) gamers.