I have some great news for you. Look at what took effect yesterday in my state! Using a mobile device, including at a red light, is now a primary offense (you’ll get pulled over for just that).
This just applies to PA, but it’s a pretty big state with a population between Sweden and the Netherlands, so it’s not nothing!
Rachelhazideas@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
The phone is clearly mounted on the dashboard.
It’s not uncommon for people to record their whole trip for social media, not just take to a picture.
This caption could have been pasted over a completely unrelated screenshot of someone else’s video for all we know.
Don’t touch your phone while driving, but also, don’t believe everything you see on social media.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 hour ago
That’s still a distraction. Even if they don’t intend to upload the entire recording they are paying less attention to the road in order to pay attention to their “performance”.
Paddzr@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
On your last point… It’s still damaging because it normalises it. UK has very harsh stance on this and you’d get in shit even for point 1. There should be zero tolerance on this. They’re a dickhead driver regardless. Two dickheads don’t make it right.
PurplebeanZ@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Incorrect, in the UK you can touch/use the phone if it’s mounted in a cradle. Touch it un-cradled though and wham that’s instant points even if it was out of battery and turned off
Illecors@lemmy.cafe 21 hours ago
UK is a paper tiger on this.