But what is the answer? Higher fines isn’t doing much to change this behavior, even withdrawing licenses and impounding cars have very limited effect. Do we throw people in prison for being inattentive in a car?
Pretty sure the a awer isn’t a giant TV screen at the front of every car
I’d say making manual transmissions mandatory would be a good start.
Maybe require paddle shifters be used on auto transmissions.
Maybe in a year or two when 99% of all messages coming through phones is AI scams, marketing,slop, and dick pics people won’t be so interested in their phones and the problem will solve itself.
I’m not sure there is any one answer but I think I would start with education. Anti-littering campaigns haven’t ended littering but they have certainly shifted the public mindset around litter, I think distracted driving is going to need to be treated the same way.
Education for driving and responsibility on the roads should really be starting in school and part of schooling programs. It’s probably one of if not the most important skill we learn and it’s one of the biggest killers, much of that through lack of responsibility.
We need to start running it through high school, as part of schooling. It could even be used to incentivise staying in school.
In Norway they used to make the fines a percentage of the driver’s yearly income, I do not know if this is still the case. So a chief physician for example would get fined like 150.000 NOK ~ €14.000 for drunk driving.
But what is the answer? Higher fines isn’t doing much to change this behavior, even withdrawing licenses and impounding cars have very limited effect. Do we throw people in prison for being inattentive in a car?
Pretty sure the a awer isn’t a giant TV screen at the front of every car
I’d say making manual transmissions mandatory would be a good start.
Maybe require paddle shifters be used on auto transmissions.
Maybe in a year or two when 99% of all messages coming through phones is AI scams, marketing,slop, and dick pics people won’t be so interested in their phones and the problem will solve itself.
I’m not sure there is any one answer but I think I would start with education. Anti-littering campaigns haven’t ended littering but they have certainly shifted the public mindset around litter, I think distracted driving is going to need to be treated the same way.
I agree, it’s the key to the fix.
I think driving lessons, licensing and road safety should all be part of high school programs.
campaigns to “focus on driving while driving” have already been running for 15 years here.
Education for driving and responsibility on the roads should really be starting in school and part of schooling programs. It’s probably one of if not the most important skill we learn and it’s one of the biggest killers, much of that through lack of responsibility.
We need to start running it through high school, as part of schooling. It could even be used to incentivise staying in school.
In Norway they used to make the fines a percentage of the driver’s yearly income, I do not know if this is still the case. So a chief physician for example would get fined like 150.000 NOK ~ €14.000 for drunk driving.
This really still only scales to impact poor -> middle class people, above that and even though they pay the same percentage, their overhead is just big enough to absorb it without the same impact to their lives. Saying “it is what it is” to a €120.000 ticket really shows how little it actually hit people like this, it’s a nuisance but ultimately nothing more.