jaykrown@lemmy.world to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoUSA smartphone adoption, pedestrian fatalities, and the average weight SUVs/pickupslemmy.worldimagemessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up1157
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minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoYeah, that’s not how physics works. Things can’t stop instantly.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoFun fact: people still can’t teleport and you should be aware of where they are when you’re driving near them.
minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIf you are blind to the world with your nose stuck in a phone, and unexpectedly wonder off the sidewalk into the path of a bus, you die and it’s 100% your own fault.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIf you’re driving too fast to stop for an unexpected hazard you’re driving dangerously.
minus-squareLog in | Sign up@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWhat makes you think it was the pedestrians on their phones?
Yeah, that’s not how physics works. Things can’t stop instantly.
Fun fact: people still can’t teleport and you should be aware of where they are when you’re driving near them.
If you are blind to the world with your nose stuck in a phone, and unexpectedly wonder off the sidewalk into the path of a bus, you die and it’s 100% your own fault.
If you’re driving too fast to stop for an unexpected hazard you’re driving dangerously.
What makes you think it was the pedestrians on their phones?