This is astounding!

Sure, there are always random studies, with odd results . . . but somehow the results of this one simultaneously makes sense and are also dumbfounding.

A study monitored people as they drove with two different types of precious cargo in tow.

Their kid . . . then a CAKE!

Researchers wanted to see how carefully drivers were based one who . . . or what . . . was in the vehicle.

95% of people drove more cautiously when they were driving with . . . THE CAKE!

Legit!

While driving with the cake, 65% drove slower . . . 60% were more gentle with their braking . . . 50% took turns at a slower pace . . . and 45% used their phone less.

Apparently, the theory behind it is that parents are used to driving with their kids, while driving with a cake snaps us out of “autopilot” mode and we pay more attention to what we’re doing and how we’re doing it.

Ummm . . . couldn’t some of it also have to do with the fact that your kid is securely buckled in and hitting the breaks a little too hard, or taking a turn without slowing to a snail’s pace, won’t really affect them the way an unsecured cake with easy fly-off-the-seat potential would?

Just a thought . . .