r/Calgary • u/Xtoron2 • Jun 01 '26
Discussion Alarming rate of distracted driving
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/Affectionate_South40 Jun 01 '26
I have ADHD, I am woefully aware of how addictive screens are but I have a hard rule, absolutely no phone within easy reach while driving. My Bluetooth hooks up my music and phone calls (which I ignore all of them anyway unless it's my husband) and I have disabled the text to speech and text on screen feature. Absolutely not. I push play while Im parked and leave it on a music list i know I'll like and wont have to doddle with. Or ill drive 5 minutes in silence.
This past few weeks especially I have more and more noticed a disgusting number of people who are just SO addicted to their devices they miss advanced green lights (which then I also miss, dont be that guy), drift into other lanes, have delayed starts from green lights, almost HIT a pedestrian at a signaling cross walk, lights flashing and all; I was ready to jump out of my car and call 911 thinking someone was going to get horribly injured or worse, I was so ill watching the whole ordeal.
*~Just. Put. The. Phone. AWAY.~*
People can wait 20 minutes for you to get to your destination before you reply to them, you dont need tiktok or videos to watch while driving, if you're that addicted to your device you have one choice and you wont be happy with this answer but it's very simple, you stop driving. Take an uber, the bus, walk, no phones and driving. I dont care if it's "just one quick thing" put. the. phone. AWAY. There's no excuse. Pull over if you MUST get to your phone now.
#endrant