GravitasJudge rules it's legal for automakers to download & store your text messages under WA privacy law
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Kevin Karhan 
#TextingWhileDriving is illegal for very good reasons and we should #BanTouchscreens from cars for the same fucking reasons!
The Dumb Design of Modern Cars
@notjustbikes OFC Idiots #TextingWhileDriving ain't new so that on it's own can't be the factor...
The Dumb Design of Modern Cars
@verge so now we get #GamingWhilstDriving instead of #TextingWhileDriving accidents?
- Funfuckingtastic.
But hey, tell me how not allowng me to pair a #Bluetooth device whilst driving increases safety!
N-gated Hacker Newsπ¨π§ββοΈ "California court discovers humans have hands for something other than texting while driving. Groundbreaking! Meanwhile, access to the actual brilliant article is a no-go. Clearly, theyβve taken βhands-freeβ to a whole new level. π΅π"
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-05/holding-your-cell-to-navigate-while-driving-is-illegal-court-says #CaliforniaCourt #HandsFree #Innovation #TextingWhileDriving #LegalHumor #Groundbreaking #HackerNews #ngated
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-05/holding-your-cell-to-navigate-while-driving-is-illegal-court-says #CaliforniaCourt #HandsFree #Innovation #TextingWhileDriving #LegalHumor #Groundbreaking #HackerNews #ngated
Petrichor ααα
αααααααOne of the Irish Times letters on road safety https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2023/11/18/safety-on-the-roads/ #textingwhiledriving #indicating #Irishdrivers
CPIPRYoung adults with low self-control are more likely to text while driving, esp. if they think a high proportion of other drivers also text while driving.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31903019
#NICHDImpact #Risk #Injury #Perception #SelfControl #TextingWhileDriving
Low Self-Control, Social Learning, and Texting while Driving - PubMed
Despite the known implications of texting while driving for reducing driver alertness and increasing traffic accidents, investigating the potential causes of the behavior is something that criminologists have only recently started to investigate. The current study builds on this small body of resear β¦
Corin Ashwell π πΏ πTwo #drivers in space of a couple of hundred meters on #Brockley Road #textingwhiledriving on their phones in their laps in slow moving #traffic who very nearly ran over pedestrians crossing on zebras, one of whom elderly. Jeez.