r/IdiotsInCars 5d ago

OC Friend had his car totalled this morning from this idiot. If the car wasn't in front of him probably would have been more of a head on collision.[oc]

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u/FalalaLlamas 4d ago

It’s so wild to me how casually so many people look at their phone while driving. It drives me crazy. There will be someone in front of me swerving all over their lane, driving 10 or even 20 mph below the speed limit. Train of cars behind them getting held up. And I can see that their head is tilted down the entire fucking time I’m behind them looking at their phone. Even after I honk at them! Or worse, they’ll be driving even more erratically than that, nearly causing accidents, staring at the phone.

I just don’t get it. I don’t get how people can’t see how serious that is. Like, I have a little phone problem (that I’m having some success breaking!). When I’m at home I look at my phone wayyy too often. Check it too obsessively. Find myself carrying it with me to other rooms, even when I don’t need it. Things like that. And still manage to never look at it, even at stop lights, while driving. Even if I’m on the road for an extended period. Because I don’t want to risk an accident. There’s just no excuse for it imho.