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sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago

If Phones Are Killing Pedestrians, Why Is It Only Happening in America?

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If Phones Are Killing Pedestrians, Why Is It Only Happening in America?

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sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago
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Smartphone adoption tracks America's pedestrian death spike almost perfectly. The problem: every other country has smartphones too.
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    Same. Daily. WTAF is so important you have to stare at your phone in a crosswalk?

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      don’t pedestrians have right of way on crosswalks??

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        Cemeteries are full of people who had the right of way. You still have to pay some basic attention to your surroundings.

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          I think what the experts are saying is that bigger cars are more deadly. Being distracted wasn’t always a death sentence.

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            The simplest method to get away with murder is causing a car accident.

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        Yes, but I guess your family can argue that you had the right of way when a giant truck turns you into a hood ornament because you were watching Facebook shorts instead of looking both ways before crossing a street

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          I guess it’s a different situation in Germany compares to the US

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            How? Please elaborate

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              Here you can pretty much cross the street on a crosswalk without looking because people are more careful.

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        According to the laws of man, yes.

        According to the laws of physics? Nope.

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      Phones are an addiction. Every moment of your attention is demanded by social media.

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      In my cases, there was no crosswalk. Straight up reckless jaywalking.

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