jaykrown@lemmy.world to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 days agoUSA smartphone adoption, pedestrian fatalities, and the average weight SUVs/pickupslemmy.worldimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1155
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minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoYeah, that’s not how physics works. Things can’t stop instantly.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoFun fact: people still can’t teleport and you should be aware of where they are when you’re driving near them.
minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoIf you are blind to the world with your nose stuck in a phone, and unexpectedly wonder off the sidewalk into the path of a bus, you die and it’s 100% your own fault.
minus-squareLog in | Sign up@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoWhat makes you think it was the pedestrians on their phones?
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoIf you’re driving too fast to stop for an unexpected hazard you’re driving dangerously.
Yeah, that’s not how physics works. Things can’t stop instantly.
Fun fact: people still can’t teleport and you should be aware of where they are when you’re driving near them.
If you are blind to the world with your nose stuck in a phone, and unexpectedly wonder off the sidewalk into the path of a bus, you die and it’s 100% your own fault.
What makes you think it was the pedestrians on their phones?
If you’re driving too fast to stop for an unexpected hazard you’re driving dangerously.