People Drive More Carefully With Cake in the Car Than With Kids

A new study monitored people as they drove in the car with one of two different things, their kid or a cake. The researchers wanted to see which precious, fragile passenger made people drive more carefully. You can probably see where this is going. The researchers say it’s because the cake makes us snap out of “autopilot” mode. We’re used to driving with our kids, but we’re not used to driving with food that could get messed up if we slam on the brakes or take a turn too fast.