However the sterotyoe that it is young kids doing this is very incorrect.
I watch it as I drive. It is far and above people (mostly women) in the age group of about, say, 35-55.
In other words, people who really don't have anything all that fascinating going on that it can't wait and should know better.
But, I guess when your online persona is 20X hotter than you are in real life, it probably does become your "second life".
That said, I was pulled up pretty close to a lady on Friday night, close enough that I could see she was scrolling through Facebook at the light. She was probably about 50.
The light changed. She stayed there for a good 15 seconds, scrolling away....
Women CANNOT multi-task, especially when it comes to conversation. We just can’t do it and should leave our cell phones/tablets in the back seats of our cars unless we are parked or NOT driving. IMO women are too verbally wired to ignore a conversation of any type.
That's called the "iPause".
Although my oldest daughter is a good driver now she had a very shaky start. I don’t know if it was lack of confidence or too many distractions (or both) but she even though she paid attention she wasn’t paying enough attention. She ended up rear-ending someone (slow speed, little damage) that was her wake-up call.
I told her that I didn’t GAD if it took longer for her to get anyplace than her friends - I was adamant that she arrive intact.
I know about the siren-call of cellphones and I’ve been tempted a time or two to answer it but I built a habit pattern to ignore it until I can be off the road.
Scares me more when I see them rolling up behind me; eyes down looking at their phone. Smart phone. Dumb operator.
It is also a bit of a stereotype that it is mostly women. I sit pretty high up in my SUV and I see truckers texting while driving. I don’t care what their ability to multi-task is. If they get into an accident in their truck while texting, they should lose their trucking license permanently.
I was T boned by someone talking on a cell phone. Two other cars had already made it through the intersection ahead of me before I was struck. My vehicle was spun around twice and ended up completely totaled. I was hit just behind my seat on the driver’s side. By the grace of God I walked away with only bruises and some damaged vertebrae.
Since the accident I try to be very aware of what everyone driving near me is doing. I’ve seen more near misses than I care to mention and I’m certain every one of those drivers believes they can multi-task. They are not the only ones on the road. So they need to start driving like there is a rest of the world out there too.