Phone Addicts Are the New Drunk Drivers
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Phone Addicts Are the New Drunk Drivers
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#2I was driving about 3mph in traffic texting my wife and did 3500 dollars damage to my car. I'm glad I learned my lesson the easy way instead of killing someone.
Don't text and drive no matter what, it's easy to pull over if it's necessary!
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#3the establishment is always looking for a propaganda hook to exploit for more revenue
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#4This is taken as an obvious truth, but when you look at actual collision data, there seems to be no effect whatsoever.
In fact, our roads have continued to become safer in the 10 or so years since the release of the iPhone.
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#5This is "old man yells at cloud" area, but seriously - why can we not just leave our phones in our pocket until we get to our destination? What's that important?
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#6I was driving about 3mph in traffic texting my wife and did 3500 dollars damage to my car. I'm glad I learned my lesson the easy way instead of killing someone. Don't text and drive no matter what, it's easy to pull over if it's necessary!
Sorry that happened. Thanks for sharing.
What damage on your vehicle caused the high cost of repairs? Just surprisingly high for a 3~ MpH impact.
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#7I worked at T-Mobile and did some work on this very subject our studies showed that people are so addicted that unless there is a threat of jail time or drivers license suspension people will not put down their phones.
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#8this new world of connectedness really has some major downsides.
distracted driving.
instagram killing natural spaces from lack of crowd control.
decreased mental wellbeing and increased suicide rates.
facebook privacy concerns.
somebody needs to tackle these social crises, since the incentive is not there for the companies to address it themselves.
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#9This is taken as an obvious truth, but when you look at actual collision data, there seems to be no effect whatsoever. In fact, our roads have continued to become safer in the 10 or so years since the release of the iPhone.
Could you supply said data? Also, in what way is it safer? Less collisions? Less damage? Less fatalities?
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#10This is "old man yells at cloud" area, but seriously - why can we not just leave our phones in our pocket until we get to our destination? What's that important?
Its tempting to glance at the text and see if they're expecting you/changed plans. It's urgent because you need to make an exit decision soon depending on the answer. Its pointless to pull over because that takes longer than making a mistake about the exit.
Its a drug, the potential to optimize your plans on the fly is so attractive that even folks that swear they'd never text and drive, do it the moment it has utility?