every time I'm in the car I'm astonished by the number of people looking down at phones while driving.
Is my experience unique? Is anyone else surprised about metrics like these?
Is my experience unique? Is anyone else surprised about metrics like these?
Over each 5 minute stretch, I'd observe at least 1/10 drivers staring down at their phones while driving through intersection
It's nuts. We are a distracted population.
Not at all. When my wife and I go on longer trips, e.g. north to ski or west to where my daughter was at college, she likes to do most of the driving. Sometimes I amuse myself by counting how many of the drivers around us are using their phones while driving. It's often well over 50% and that's counting conservatively - e.g. phone actually visible in their hand, not on the dash or in their lap. If police would just enforce that one law with hefty fines and loss of license, I think safety would be significantly improved.