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Damn it, I hate it when I almost crash while posting on Lemmy.

As I was saying, I've been noticing that a lot from other drivers. They're a bunch of-

FUCK ALMOST MISSED THAT RED LIGHT

assholes.

The US really needs better public transportation.

I just saw a driver blocking a right turn lane, with 4 cars honking their horns behind her, while she was speaking on her phone.

Some people can’t leave their phones alone for five seconds.

I was at the cinema the other day and this fucker sat on the front row and proceeded to keep going on their phone.

I had to resist the strong urge to pelt a minstrel at his head.

My favorite is the phone mounted to the steering wheel so they can watch Netflix.

Invariably, when I'm on Lincoln Drive in Philly and someone is swerving between both lanes, they are on their cell phone either holding it in their hand to talk or reading and responding to texts.

If you're not familiar with Lincoln Drive, it's a winding, twisting road with two lanes in each direction, with a drop to a stream on one side and a rise up a hill on the other.

There's no shoulder at all for most of the way, so nowhere to go if you're tailgating and something happens. People are always tailgating. The speed limit is 25mph, but you almost never see traffic going less than 35mph.

I live in a small town and I run through the side streets around me. Have been for years.

This winter season of running (when my evening runs are during dusk/dark) I wear multiple lights and have typically considered myself more visible than during daytime running. However that has not been the case this year. I've had to get out of the way of oncoming traffic a few times which has only happened one time previously.

It is ridiculous how little people are paying attention while moving around in 4-6k lb metal cages.

Whether it's messing with their phone, or their touch screen infotainment systems it's quite the time be along a roadway trying to exercise.

So they say the sense of users are using the phone functions while driving.. that doesn’t mean people are sitting there staring at their phone while driving though. I participate in teams calls while driving to work, from work, and between sites when doing projects at other sites all the time. Does that count as distracted from being on a phone call playing across my car infotainment system? If so how is that different from listening to music, does playing music via pandora or spotify on my infotainment with phone plugged in count as distracted? If so how is that different from standard fm/am radio? Are we expecting people to sit in silence while driving? They’re still just going to zone out from boredom at that point

Portable, purposefully addictive services were a mistake.

Some countries have an automatic year or two driving ban for drunk driving. It’s time we did this for phones.

So I know this is slightly off topic of phone distraction but I've been thinking that if phone use ever got regulated there should be something in the rules about built in screens in cars. They are becoming really common and present many of the same problems that phones do, especially when badly designed with key functions like AC built in to them. It feels like the problem isn't about using a phone specifically bit being distracted by screen use.

Who needed confirmation they're not imagining it? I can see it with my own eyes every single day.

I've noticed it the most at stop lights. Light turns green and the person in front of you takes forever to get moving or you have to honk.

I wonder what the stats are based on age. Is it mostly old and young people or is it a issue among all ages?

You know, I'd never thought until now that this might have been why the dickhead who knocked me off my bike could have missed seeing me.

Food for thought.

BUY A DASHCAM.

Been in and around auto insurance over a decade.

Fifty bucks for a Vava or other well known brand.

Best investment you'll make when someone takes you out.