As a rule we try and stretch our backs out at least every four hours of driving to prevent back pain, and apparently there's research to back up our habits. A recent study has found that at least half of the drivers suffer from pains in their lower back. "Driving long distances is one of the worst things you can do to your body," said car ergonomics specialist Brian McIlwraith. The numbers show that you're six times more likely to take sick leave for back pains if you drive more than four hours a day or 25,000 miles a year.
The article mentions that the afflicted include Jeremy Clarkson, who has suffered from slipped discs after all of that time behind the wheel of test cars. This proves that there is at least one thing annoying about driving amazing cars for a living. We'd still take his job in a second though. [Times Online]