Driving for more than two hours a day lowers your IQ, study finds

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File photo dated 27/10/10 of a general view of traffic on a motorway as drivers are paying record amounts for their car insurance, with average premiums up 11\% in the last year, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said.
File photo dated 27/10/10 of a general view of traffic on a motorway as drivers are paying record amounts for their car insurance, with average premiums up 11\% in the last year, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said.

A new study suggests that driving for more than two hours daily reduces your intelligence.

Researchers from the University of Leicester investigated various activities involving little physical activity to test how they affected IQ scores – and found that they decreased for middle-age people who drove for more than two hours per day.

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