translated from Spanish: Do car games make you a worse driver?

Grand Prix, Out Run, Daytona USA, Need for Speed, Gran Turismo and Forza Motorsport are some of the car video games that have marked generations in “the fichines” or on the different consoles. Having more aggressive behaviors there, such as speeding up abruptly, crashing, not respecting traffic lights and damaging the vehicle are attributions to the virtual world. In real life, responsibility is totally different and the corresponding traffic rules must be respected. According to research by consultancy Censuwide, a publication by The Telegraph has indicated that racing video gamers are worse drivers than those who don’t. This research involved some 1,250 people, who have indicated, in a large percentage, that they mimic the behaviors carried out in the video game. The study also noted that these individuals are believed to be better drivers than the rest. Unfortunately, the latter assertion is not at all true, since people who play on a daily basis have participated 1.3 times in claims versus 0.6 of those who do not. Reflected by these numbers the figure is more than double, which is really worrying.
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