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[quote=Anonymous]Too much of driver's attention is on their phones.

I see more drivers going through my residential DC street with their eyes on their phone held up at steering wheel height than drivers with both hands on the steering wheel.

Traffic starts at most red lights are delayed these days, as the driver of the first car at the light has their head down looking at their phone, and is relying on their peripheral vision for warning that they can start driving again. You'll see a driver looking down at his phone, starts driving while their light is still red, while they slowly lift their head up from their phone, only to realize that the lane next to them started moving because they had a green turning light, but their own light is still red. When there's only 1 lane of traffic at the light, someone likely will have to honk their horn, because the first, and even the second car at the light won't notice it's gone green.

Phone addiction is so rampant that no-one seems to realize how much drivers' attention has deteriorated, and there doesn't seem to be anything being done to fix it.

It's becoming harder to switch lanes on DC streets, because drivers' attention is not 'available' to notice your intent to change lanes.
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