Personally, I find it endlessly frustrating and even terrifying to be in the passenger seat with a driver who jumps in the car and immediately goes… Then worries about Seatbelts/Radio/AC/Mirrors/Plugging in Phone/etc etc while driving.

  • @Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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    2014 hours ago

    When we’re first in line at a red light, and the driver starts doing shit like check their phone.

    Wife does this and it drives me nuts - unless it just turned red, you fucking stare at that light so you can GTFO the second it turns green.

    …then she gets annoyed when I say “light’s green” when it turns while she’s distracted. -_-

    • Toes♀
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      14 hours ago

      No tolerance for that. Yank the phone from their hand and scold them like a child. That’s ridiculous.

    • @Tangentism@lemmy.ml
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      613 hours ago

      Theres plenty of people who complain about drivers who get ticketed for using a mobile while at lights or stopped in traffic (think of the comments on a particular uk cycle cammer who films drivers using their mobiles then reports them) but it plays heavily with situational awareness & drivers ability to “check back in” to the activity of driving.

      • @Paddzr@lemmy.world
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        613 hours ago

        I’m all pro not touching a phone while driving, hell, I won’t even plug my phone to charge if driving.

        There’s no excuse.

        • @undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch
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          24 hours ago

          What I don’t understand is people having CarPlay/Android Auto and still doing this. I have CarPlay but honestly my Driving Focus declines notifications not from my wife; the rest of world can fuck off.