sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIf Phones Are Killing Pedestrians, Why Is It Only Happening in America?www.thedrive.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1396arrow-down113
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minus-squareORbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down5·2 months agoSame. Daily. WTAF is so important you have to stare at your phone in a crosswalk?
minus-squaresexy_peach@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 months agodon’t pedestrians have right of way on crosswalks??
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·2 months agoCemeteries are full of people who had the right of way. You still have to pay some basic attention to your surroundings.
minus-squarekboos1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoYes, but I guess your family can argue that you had the right of way when a giant truck turns you into a hood ornament because you were watching Facebook shorts instead of looking both ways before crossing a street
minus-squaresexy_peach@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI guess it’s a different situation in Germany compares to the US
minus-squaresexy_peach@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoHere you can pretty much cross the street on a crosswalk without looking because people are more careful.
minus-squareTalcosis@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoAccording to the laws of man, yes. According to the laws of physics? Nope.
minus-squareDettweiler@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIn my cases, there was no crosswalk. Straight up reckless jaywalking.
minus-squarenosuchanon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoPhones are an addiction. Every moment of your attention is demanded by social media.
Same. Daily. WTAF is so important you have to stare at your phone in a crosswalk?
don’t pedestrians have right of way on crosswalks??
Cemeteries are full of people who had the right of way. You still have to pay some basic attention to your surroundings.
Yes, but I guess your family can argue that you had the right of way when a giant truck turns you into a hood ornament because you were watching Facebook shorts instead of looking both ways before crossing a street
I guess it’s a different situation in Germany compares to the US
How? Please elaborate
Here you can pretty much cross the street on a crosswalk without looking because people are more careful.
According to the laws of man, yes.
According to the laws of physics? Nope.
In my cases, there was no crosswalk. Straight up reckless jaywalking.
Phones are an addiction. Every moment of your attention is demanded by social media.