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cwilluyesterday at 7:21 PM4 repliesview on HN

A stopped driver on his phone is endangering literally nobody.


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0x1062yesterday at 7:25 PM

Until they drive off while still looking at it, like the woman who drove through a pedestrian crossing a couple of weeks ago and almost hit me while I was walking across.

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helsinkiandrewyesterday at 7:37 PM

Science disagrees, 25% of road accidents and injuries happen at junctions. Looking at a phone can cause mental delays/reaction of upto 2 seconds

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00014...

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linkregisteryesterday at 8:28 PM

I agree with this statement.

Other drivers are doing dangerous actions. For example, the embedded video in the article showed a driver crash into his bicycle as he crossed the street. That driver then departed the scene. Hit and run is culturally and legally offensive in the UK and the rest of the OECD.

jjbinx007yesterday at 7:43 PM

You ought to petition the government to change the law then, not the guy reporting people breaking the law.

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