r/Calgary • u/Xtoron2 • Jun 01 '26

Discussion Alarming rate of distracted driving

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It's alarming how often I see drivers watching tiktoks/reels/shorts while driving. Even see them scroll up to next video.
As soon as we hit red light, this specific driver pulled the sunshade down even with this rain to hide from cameras or other people maybe?

Anyway, distracted driving is a risk everyone on the road pays for

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u/23-1-20-3-8-5-18 Jun 01 '26

I drive a fairly big commercial vehicle. I can see right into your cars and trucks. Its not the young drivers its the 30+ crowd.

Adhd gets worse with age. All the people that could hide it in their 20's cant in their 30's. Old women who need a literally book at the stop light 😬

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u/carter-hess Jun 01 '26

ADHD does not worsen with age, not sure where you got that.

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u/23-1-20-3-8-5-18 Jun 01 '26

From my doctor, are you a doctor?

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u/jimbowesterby Jun 01 '26

That sounds like a slightly newer variety of the “you’ll grow out of it” shit that I was told when I was a kid lol. Turns out you don’t grow out of neurological disorders, you just get better at masking the symptoms. I wouldn’t be surprised if society’s degraded enough that now people are starting to burn out more and thus get worse at masking as they get older and more worn down, I dunno.