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I don't understand how people do all this behind a wheel when driving:

New research from AT&T reveals that 70 percent of people engage their smartphone while driving.

Most of them are texting and emailing (a combined 94 percent), but many have taken up other activities behind the wheel, like browsing the Web (28 percent), checking social media (66 percent across platforms), snapping a selfie (17 percent), shooting a video (12 percent), or video chatting (10 percent).

Drivers Are Doing What With Their Smartphones?! | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

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Khines5705

Sad thing is, I bet the percentages are actually higher and many people are ashamed to admit they engage in these activities while driving. Laws that are put in place to curb this are not working. It's just impossible to protect people from their own stupid decisions.

Snn5

I was riding with a friend recently. I looked over and he was trying to watch Netflix on his Note while driving. I said a few choice words and told him to pull over if that was the best example of the "raising his mother gave him." Since we were going Interstate speeds with a 26 foot u-Haul and a brand new car on a dollie in tow, he decided to refrain.

Snn5

Speaking of Interstate, I saw this bus, but was unable to snap a photo fast enough.

I thought to myself..."I hope this bus is like the actual S6 and DOES NOT rotate."

Khines5705

So you were taking pictures while driving? LOL

Snn5

Speaking of Interstate, I saw this bus, but was unable to snap a photo fast enough.

This is a stock image from elsewhere that I just removed identifiable info from.

I saw a similar bus on the same interstate ride as the above reply.

Khines5705

Thanks for clarifying. I do admit I have taken a few photos when I was driving and I shouldn't have.

MiiHere

It's not that the laws fault, it's the people who don't follow the law and the police that are not upholding the law that render the law useless. In OR you're not even allowed to be holding your phone, but in SC you can text at a red light (or so I've heard.) OR has one of the lowest motor vehicle death rates, while SC has the highest. OR police do administer tickets for the violation; have heard numerous stories. SC police drive past the swerving driver using their phone; I've witnessed it and I haven't heard a single story saying otherwise.

Snn5

State Distracted Driving Driving Laws

As of May 2015

unknown

They can do it all but certainly not well!

Last summer my car sustained over $7,000 in damage because some kid decided to text while driving. He was looking down and didn't realize me and three other cars were stopped at a light. The impact of his car on the car behind me caused several cars in a row to collide. (Mine was in the middle so I had front and rear damage.) :smileysad:

I rarely texted while driving beforehand but I haven't gone near my phone while driving since. It's just not worth it. Tens of thousands of dollars in damage overall for one text! Luckily, no one was hurt. That's not always the case though.

MiiHere

I was in the same boat as you. Bought a brand new car and had made 2 payments on it before a texting teenager rear ended me at a stop light doing 45mph and pushed me into the car in front of me. After rental fees, repairs and DV they spent 25k to repair a car worth 25k; heaven forbid the at fault parties insurance company listen to me from the start that they should totaled it. Sadly they only agreed after all the repairs were done and they got the bill.

unknown

Wow. That's horrible.

B33

O my that is a Good one rotate.. on a Bus, And your right Snn5 about the Texting and Driving it's gotten to far out of hand, Driving and Talking is near is bad.. And when you see a car coming toward ya that when real gets real.. I Lay on the HORN.!

Snn5

I have gotten to where i look at the drivers, not the cars, to see what is distracting them so that I know how to react.

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