Motorists are being urged to abandon their bad driving habits as a new year’s resolution.

Shaving, applying make-up and changing clothes at the wheel were examples of reckless driving uncovered by Surrey County Council and Surrey Police when they launched the Drive SMART campaign.

Dr Andrew Povey, Leader of Surrey County Council, said: "Not only does anti-social driving blight communities and affect people’s quality of life, it is also dangerous and can lead to injury or death.

"In the first year of our Drive SMART campaign, 80 fewer people were killed or seriously injured on Surrey’s roads compared to the previous 12 months."

Head of Surrey Police Roads Policing Unit, Inspector Chris Colley, said: "We want to encourage people to change their bad driving habits and would urge motorists to think about how their irresponsible behaviour could affect someone else's life as well as their own and their families' lives."