Saga of Cell Phone Accident...
Well, on our way from Nevada to Oregon we recently got into an accident. A woman driving a borrowed car while on a cell phone rammed into my Ram’s drivers side alloy dually, then sheared off the drive...
Forum Discussion
Kayteg1 wrote:
Comparing to Sweden, who doesn't have much freeways and highways covered with snow for several months each year is not what I had in mind.
Would you study the article, in lot of countries you can loose your DL for driving with cellphone to you ear. Not really applicable here.
What I was trying to get to is "natural selection" as I call it.
US with wide freeways and low speed limits, naturally calls for doing everything else while driving from simple boredom.
It is perspective loop, but IMHO US speed laws encourage drivers to break attention laws.
Now try to think why European cars lack cup holders?
I’ve driven the autobahn, and there IS a cultural difference as well - unlike America, getting a DL in Germany requires REAL study, understanding and mental preparation, and unlike the ‘slam-dunk’ at American DMV’s, is of no minor feat...In my view, no direct comparison is plausible...
