Comment on California is debating whether or not to remove the bike lane on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. During the public hearing, a politician was driving his car

But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Chainweasel@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  No, it’s because he was in the video conference while driving showing that he was distracted and danger to pedestrians and cyclists.
  If he’s doing to drive recklessly he has no business deciding any matters of road safety.

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  • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    So when mum calls to ask if we need milk, she’sa villain!

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    • Visstix@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      If she doesn’t call handsfree yeah

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    • nogooduser@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      So when mum calls to ask if we need milk, she’sa villain!

      It’s all about levels.

      It’s entirely different to have a 30 second conversation about picking up milk compared to joining a work meeting.

      Especially when that work meeting is a video call that is distracting the driver (they are looking at the phone in the picture).

      There are definitely those that would ban all phone calls when driving.

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    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      if you answer a phonecall while driving, get distracted, and kill a child in the process, would you just be fine with that? act like you drove over a beetle and just go on with your day?

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    • Ch3rry314@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I think you missed the mark.

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• jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Distracted driving is pretty irresponsible and dangerous.

  Just this morning some guy blew through a stop sign and almost hit me. He had his cell phone in hand. Maybe he was on a meeting, too.

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  • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m a school bus driver. Last year I had a cop blow past me at 40 mph in the opposite direction when I was stopped with my red lights flashing and stop sign out, about to let off a large number of kids who cross the road at that stop. If I hadn’t kept the door closed, they probably would have been hit. I glanced down at the cop as he passed and he was driving with his left hand on the steering wheel and his right handing holding his phone - he never saw my bus at all.

    We now have the external cameras that auto-ticket cars that pass us when our red flashers are on, but I wish to fuck we’d had them last year to catch this guy.

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• HikingVet@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Would you tele conference from traffic? Fo you think that’s a good idea? Why or why not?

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