Personally, I find it endlessly frustrating and even terrifying to be in the passenger seat with a driver who jumps in the car and immediately goes… Then worries about Seatbelts/Radio/AC/Mirrors/Plugging in Phone/etc etc while driving.

  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    When we’re first in line at a red light, and the driver starts doing shit like check their phone.

    Wife does this and it drives me nuts - unless it just turned red, you fucking stare at that light so you can GTFO the second it turns green.

    …then she gets annoyed when I say “light’s green” when it turns while she’s distracted. -_-

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      7 days ago

      Theres plenty of people who complain about drivers who get ticketed for using a mobile while at lights or stopped in traffic (think of the comments on a particular uk cycle cammer who films drivers using their mobiles then reports them) but it plays heavily with situational awareness & drivers ability to “check back in” to the activity of driving.

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        6 days ago

        I’m all pro not touching a phone while driving, hell, I won’t even plug my phone to charge if driving.

        There’s no excuse.