Speeding
May 27 2009, Jeremy Taylor

Filed under: Sports, Happy Hour Hero, Science Our happy hour fact to amaze the drunks in the pub. Being a fan of motor sports makes a person more likely to drive recklessly. Two Australian studies, which analysed the driving habits of both new and more

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