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b_b  ·  3075 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Public-Health Crisis That We Can Fix

    I'm just more terrified of other drivers.

Yeah that's the problem. We all are. None of us is aware of the limits of our own attention span. I use my podcast app while driving, and I answer phone calls, but I don't answer texts. I'll admit to reading them at red lights, but I don't really think that's a good idea either. There have been times when I'm reading a text and see a green light out of the corner of my eye, so I step on the gas only to realize it was the left turn arrow.

I would say on my daily drive to work, which is 17 miles each way, I see at least 1 bonehead move by some asshole looking at a phone. I'm actually surprised the rate of accidents isn't higher.