alt Hacker NewsIs this a side-effect of a decreased attention span with everyone getting hooked on phones during COVID?
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dgellow • today at 5:10 PM
It’s one person anecdote, nothing else’s no need to invent a cause
Is this a side-effect of a decreased attention span with everyone getting hooked on phones during COVID?
It’s one person anecdote, nothing else’s no need to invent a cause
NHTSA shows a 10% increase in fatal accidents post-COVID, sustained since 2020:
https://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx
No numbers since 2024 though, so I will assume the best case scenario of zero accidents in 2025 and 2026.