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What can we do about the amount of automobile crashes caused by distractive driving? (no-more-distractions.info)

submitted 2 months ago by somerandomusername@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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It seems that automobile crashes (and fatalities) caused by smart phone distractions are increasing. Out on the road (in mid US), I notice a lot of people on phones, and I find it alarming. There are multiple local news articles every month for car crashes.

Do you think that there are realistic actions that can be taken by every day people to help spread awareness, or better yet make impactful differences?

My ChatGPT subscription is expiring soon, and I wanted to try to use it for something useful. So I used deep research to generate an informative article related to this, and I broke into smaller web pages. You can see it here - https://no-more-distractions.info/

It's decently written, although true, it is probably AI slop. Even so, I think it highlights some interesting information (maybe important even), and is worth skimming through at the very least.

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[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I was bicycling at high speed, closed my eyes to enjoy the breeze, and slammed into a concrete pillar, pretty much skinning my right leg in its entirety.

I hobbled home leaving a trail of blood, making some people sick on the way, treated my wounds with hydrogen peroxide and bandages, it took 21 days to heal and was intensely painful.

As I was laid up in bed and staring at the ceiling, I thought:

"I only closed my eyes for 3 seconds at 20 MPH. I'm never taking my eyes off the road in a car. Whoever texts me can get fucked."

[–] somerandomusername@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

That’s crazy and it paints a terrifying picture for higher speeds with bigger vehicles. I’m glad that it wasn’t any worse for you.