The man behind me honked at me for going 70 in a 50, so now we're going 20 together.
I hope he packed a lunch.
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[–] 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

Using phone while driving... Great.

Fuck everyone who ever touches their phone while the vehicle is on. This shit is not okay, ever.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (5 children)
    1. The phone is clearly mounted on the dashboard.

    2. It's not uncommon for people to record their whole trip for social media, not just take to a picture.

    3. This caption could have been pasted over a completely unrelated screenshot of someone else's video for all we know.

    Don't touch your phone while driving, but also, don't believe everything you see on social media.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    On your last point... It's still damaging because it normalises it. UK has very harsh stance on this and you'd get in shit even for point 1. There should be zero tolerance on this. They're a dickhead driver regardless. Two dickheads don't make it right.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago

    It's not uncommon for people to record their whole trip for social media, not just take to a picture.

    That's still a distraction. Even if they don't intend to upload the entire recording they are paying less attention to the road in order to pay attention to their "performance".

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I have some great news for you. Look at what took effect yesterday in my state! Using a mobile device, including at a red light, is now a primary offense (you'll get pulled over for just that).

    This just applies to PA, but it's a pretty big state with a population between Sweden and the Netherlands, so it's not nothing!

    https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/penndot/documents/travelinpa/safety/trafficsafetyanddrivertopics/documents/distracted-driving-laws-fact-sheet.pdf

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Doesn’t matter if it's not enforced. We have no holding phone rules in GA and I routinely see people using their phones while driving.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Worse, too often these laws are selectively enforced only when cops are looking for an excuse to profile minorities and poorer drivers.

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  • I live in PA and I'm not holding my breath for this shit to ever be enforced. I'm a school bus driver and last year I had a local cop pass me when I was stopped with my red flashers on letting kids off the bus. He was driving with one hand and looking at his phone in the other - never even saw me.

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  • I'm a school bus driver and many of my coworkers use their phones (talking, texting and even doom scrolling) while driving a bus - sometimes even when they have kids aboard. And these buses have internal cameras that are always recording! I don't understand how they're not fired or at least suspended for it, but I suppose the driver shortage has something to do with it.

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