https://zeroinwisconsin.gov/buckle-up-phone-down/
WisDOT challenges Wisconsin to put safety first by taking the two most important actions to prevent or survive a crash. Accept the Buckle Up Phone Down challenge.
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Use your seat belt every trip and put down the phone when driving.
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Take the Buckle Up Phone Down pledge.
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Share your commitment by taking a “thumbs up/thumbs down” photo. Post it to social media using the hashtag #BuckleUpPhoneDown.
I’m also a motorcyclist (hold the motor) and my experience is very similar to yours.
I almost got hit a few weeks back by a car driver trying to turn right on red whilst on a fucking Facetime call, with the phone held up right in front of their face. If I hadn’t been in a rush I would have let them have an earful.
Like, please don’t ever use your phone while driving, but if you absolutely have to be a despicable human being, can you at least look away from the screen when navigating through intersections??
Even in a cradle the “phone brain” is real.
I got a text and opened it, was a link to a YT video from a friend and without thinking I just opened it and let the video play and was like “Hang the fuck on a second, IM DRIVING WHY THE FUCK WOULD I OPEN THAT!?!”
Once I caught myself doing it I was really annoyed at myself.