Same tactic cops and other educational media tries, doesn't really seem to work I'm afraid. It's the old, "yeah but that driver is stupid, I'm too awesome to ever do that" mentality.

I don't think this is ever getting solved until self driving cars take over, I just don't see any attempt at stopping sinking in really. Luckily more optimistic people are in charge though, keep up the good fight.

"..or godamn Facebook.. this is what happens."

Does the same apply to someone with their phone pinned to their ear with their shoulder while they flip through pages of a memo/brief? - true story

Will this work?
https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/407428_10150494615881572_459907063_n.jpg?oh=29de7d698315d2e0c64f2a4bc8aa97c0&oe=599344C6

I've driven though South Dakota, and I have to say, a football field every three seconds is what they consider gridlock.

I see this every morning while dropping my kid off at school. Parents texting while sitting at stop signs or driving through the school zone with their heads down (there are three crosswalks and LOTS of kids, so that's even scarier). I also see this a lot as a cyclist. Usually when I see an oncoming car slowly drifting into in my lane it's generally someone with their head down and, I assume, looking at their phone.

People are so stupid...

I've driven my wife to work and watched a lady next to me do her makeup (with the visor down and mirror open) while doing the phone pin thing. The same lady was weaving through thick traffic trying to somehow save 10 seconds or so on her trip to wherever she was headed.

It is kind of like that other video about the lady cutting in line, https://videosift.com/video/Man-Addressing-Entitled-Woman-Who-Cuts-The-Line, some people just think their time is more important than yours or the lives of the people in your car.

Serious question :

How does he know why someone [he could not see prior to the accident, given that they came from oncoming traffic on the other side of a wide median] lost control?

I mean, it's cool and all to bash texting... but was that the case here, or is it just internet circle jerking?

-scheherazade