[OldWarBaby]

Talking about losing people to mis-use of cell phones it goes mostly like this: We are indeed killing at least one hereabouts daily because they just can’t resist looking/listening/punching/hiding or otherwise playing games, etc. on their hand-helds. The most common event is crossing the centerline in front of a Kenworth. Next comes rolling and then maybe rear-ending. We don’t hear, normally, about the ones who just run off the road but survive. Tow truck drivers tell me they see them coming. Big rig drivers are installing larger cow catchers to minimize their own damage when one comes their way. My little brother is a 7 million mile long haul trucker and he tells me he can’t make it coast-to-coast without half a dozen close calls.

I live on 259 miles of the straightest road in the country and just on my part of the road we lose one a week. We keep count by the runs the Air Life chopper makes. I don’t personally mind if they kill themselves but more often they take someone else with them.

One of the saddest, right next door, awhile back, School teacher gal heads to work, snowy road, her husband calls to caution her, she reached down for the phone, jerked the wheel, ran off the road, and used her face to take out a juniper tree. When the husband got there her phone was still ringing.

So, yeah, it’s bad. Worse than not paying attention, it’s industrial grade stoopid. As a pilot I had to demonstrate I could handle a radio and fly a plane simultaneously. Most drivers don’t get that much instruction, but worse, they fight the rules of good sense. People know they can be fined for showing a phone, hereabouts, so they try to hide to use it. And here comes a Peterbuilt.

And that’s what I mean when I say between the clotshots, 5G phone radiation, and mis-use, we’re going to lose a generation

[Gasshog]

Talking about losing people to mis-use of cell phones

Whatever happened to the Hands-Free equipment? I know texting and browsing is crazy but just answering a call with a headset its not much of a distraction you can keep eyes on the road. So sad.

[Steve Van Doorn]

I learned to look both-ways when crossing a green light. In other words situational awareness I believe has been high since my first and only accident when I was a kid. (knock on wood.)
In three different instances I've avoided cars running solid red lights. As with your brother I avoid cars maybe every other short trip to the store. long trips I can't count.

Motor vehicle Fatalities has gone up +17% in the last two years even with the lock downs. Highest rise by far since cars have been invented. That sounds backward. I wonder if some of that was intentional suicide?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in_U.S._by_year

[numberonepal]

And that’s what I mean when I say between the clotshots, 5G phone radiation, and mis-use, we’re going to lose a generation

True. And there's no telling how many causes of death are from second hand vaccidents.