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Originally Posted by FlashUNC
It does when DOT is making policy decisions about how best to minimize pedestrian injuries and fatalities. What's a better use of resources, telling people to stay off their phones, or encouraging better driver behavior.
As the study's conclusions point out:
"People will inevitably be distracted when they walk with mobile devices, or may be distracted in other ways. But, in line with New York City’s Vision Zero policy, this common human error should not result in death."
Doesn't take a genius to understand that right?
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The use of resources here is to show that crossing the street while distracted by a mobile device is not really dangerous, and that the practice shouldn't be strongly discouraged.
Sorry, but crossing a busy street while distracted by a mobile device is not a "common human error," as the DOT calls it. It's common human stupidity.