They counted crashes wrong: The threat on the road is staring you in the mirror
Ask people about the biggest threat on the road, and they will usually name drunk drivers or speeders. They rarely name themselves. Yet millions of us calmly scroll through playlists or check texts at red lights. We convince ourselves that our screen habit is minor, harmless, and under control.
TL;DR
- People usually identify drunk drivers or speeders as the biggest road threats, not themselves.
- Millions of people check their phones at red lights, believing it's harmless.
- New data suggests this self-conviction is false and that phone use while driving is a major cause of road fatalities.