Important article. Right now I just downloaded an app called TrueMotion to experiment with driving 100% phone-use free. I have to admit that I check my phone still while driving, and it's obviously a terrible habit. I'm just more terrified of other drivers.
Yeah that's the problem. We all are. None of us is aware of the limits of our own attention span. I use my podcast app while driving, and I answer phone calls, but I don't answer texts. I'll admit to reading them at red lights, but I don't really think that's a good idea either. There have been times when I'm reading a text and see a green light out of the corner of my eye, so I step on the gas only to realize it was the left turn arrow. I would say on my daily drive to work, which is 17 miles each way, I see at least 1 bonehead move by some asshole looking at a phone. I'm actually surprised the rate of accidents isn't higher.I'm just more terrified of other drivers.
I have similar rules that I follow the majority of the time, but then break them. I'll stupidly allow the hectic periods to swamp any sense of the larger picture. It's just an insane productivity gain to get things done while driving and, in the moment, the gains outweigh the risk. That said, I think adding a new level of resistance should go a long ways. Truly. Isn't even just talking on the phone the equivalent of having two drinks? And texting while driving the equivalent of BAC .1% drunk?I'm actually surprised the rate of accidents isn't higher.