- DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish1 month
It was a really snowy day.
Their entire car was covered with snow, except for an eyeslit the size of a business envelope for the driver to look out of.
Crazy people in giant metal boxes.
- Almacca@aussie.zoneEnglish1 month
Side note about driver awareness: I see a lot of cars on the road with rear windows so dirty that they’re virtually opaque. The cars clearly have wipers and washers. I can only assume these drivers never check their mirrors. Baffling.
- PieMePlenty@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
The best example of ignorance yet. Like nothing outside of their car exists!
- atomicbocks@sh.itjust.worksEnglish1 month
There sure are a lot of people in this thread willing to defend driving distracted for a fuckcars thread. I honestly can’t describe how fucking sick I am of “it’s okay when I do it” entitlement and I had hoped that the people here were above that.
- 1 month
There’s a number of things that I strongly believe should result in an automatic short term suspension, because the driver clearly has no fucking clue what they’re doing. Driving without lights lights off at night (I don’t give a shit about your auto lights, turn them on manually because it’s not working) and driving with folded mirrors are two of the items. Failing to clear snow off glass is another.
Driving with two earphones in is a problem. They simply do a better job of blocking ambient sound than the car speakers. People get mad ad pedestrians or cyclists who don’t hav situational awareness because of their headphones; drivers have a greater responsibility because of the size of their vehicle.
- abbadon420@sh.itjust.worksEnglish1 month
The earphones aren’t a problem per se, if you listen with approrpriate sound where you can still hear an ambulance coming or a car horn. I don’t think this person is doing that, but lets guve them the benefit of the doubt. But the mirrors folded is next level stupudity. There is no doubt that this person should be driving at all.
- Krumm@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
It’s illegal. And we need more people getting caught and held accountable.
1 monthYou can also see well-enough to drive while blindfolded if the material is thin enough. Doesn’t mean that it should be legal to drive with a blindfold over your eyes.
- Fmstrat@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
An ambulance and a screaming pedestrian do not have the same volume.
- atomicbocks@sh.itjust.worksEnglish1 month
Aside from like an F1 race, I don’t know of a single place where it’s legal to wear headphones while operating a motor vehicle.
For example. Reasoning is the same that allows you to listen to the radio: as long as you can hear car horns and emergency vehicles, you can listen to whatever at whatever volume. But you can be found more at fault if you crash into something, in certain cases.
Anyway, now you know.
- atomicbocks@sh.itjust.worksEnglish1 month
The picture literally says that you can still be fined for distracted driving…
Also, “it doesn’t explicitly say I can’t so it must be legal” is the Donald Trump defense.
- LocalAreaMan@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
The folded mirrors is probably to avoid clipping stuff in tight city streets. They’re probably driving slower than walking.
This is a poor person driving. I don’t see the big deal.
I see worse luxury car drivers every day.
- danekrae@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
Yes in a community about the problems cars pose, in a post about a bad driver.
I don’t quite see how a persons bank account is relevant
- 1 month
In a community about the problems that cars pose, you don’t think class has any factor in this or are you just performatively against cars?
- destructdisc@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
In a community about the problems that cars pose, we don’t give people a pass for being careless simply based on how shitty their car may be.
(Also this photo was taken in India. That woman is richer than 80% of the population based solely on the fact that she owns a car)
- LocalAreaMan@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
That is important context.
More like 92%.
So those mirrors would have been literally smacking into throngs of pedestrians on all sides if they weren’t folded.
- DrSoap@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
Do you guys remember that before Bluetooth cars, headphones were the only way to drive and take a phone call without getting a ticket? And we don’t know this woman’s situation, someone could have hit her car and the mirrors broke and she’s on her way to the mechanic. Let’s normalize not taking pictures of people without their knowledge and then making fun of them on the internet.
- destructdisc@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
Do you guys remember that before Bluetooth cars, headphones were the only way to drive and take a phone call without getting a ticket
Absolutely. Speakerphones were never a thing, and phone manufacturers never made wired accessories or aux cables to connect to your car stereo.
someone could have hit her car and the mirrors broke
True. Broken mirrors look exactly like they’ve been neatly tucked in.
- DrSoap@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
Are you really advocating for a world where a momentary mistake should be blasted online for strangers to mercilessly make fun of you? She isn’t a public figure.
Not everyone could afford that attachment you showed. Everyone and their brother had those wireless Bluetooth earbuds to the point that there is a whole era of movies that make fun of finance bros and their overuse. Idk why you’re so upset about this but taking a wireless phone call via an earbud isn’t illegal.
I don’t know her car situation, but shit happens. As a human with empathy I’m going to give her the benefit of the doubt. Someone could have been hurt and she’s on her way to the hospital and was too upset to check her mirror and was getting directions on the phone. There are just so many things that this picture could show but everyone wants to assume she’s a malicious asshole. For all any of us know, this literally could be a snapshot of the worst moment of her life.
- destructdisc@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
taking a wireless phone call via an earbud isn’t illegal.
I don’t know why you’re so hell bent on defending someone driving distracted but where she is and where I am it absolutely is illegal
- Doom@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
I don’t care about the earphones. May as well say the deaf can’t drive.
Yea, earphones aren’t going to make a difference, or maybe you shouldn’t drive with a radio on? Or that the sound deadening in the car doesn’t already block most of the sound outside the car.
- potustheplant@feddit.nlEnglish1 month
Not only is it illegal in several countries, it is also proven to negatively impact attention and reaction times.
- schipelblorp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish1 month
Here’s the problem: if we gave a shit about safety, we’d get pretty close to banning cars.
This is like complaining that the internal walls of the titanic should have been a few centimeters higher.
Was anyone unaware of that? I don’t think the community name has to be “cars are bad mainly because of the shit ass culture that comes with them” to make valid points.
- 87Six@lemmy.zipEnglish1 month
How about knives? Pans? Ladders? Having children? I don’t see a FuckKnives community
Ah, so straight up CarBrain. I gave you the benefit of doubt by thinking you were just being weirdly pedantic.
- im_fine_sandy@nord.pubEnglish1 month
LOL.
There’s loads of places where people drive with mirrors tucked in so motorbikes don’t clip them when they drive past while you’re waiting at the lights.
Headphones? Who cares.
Legality aside, how are headphones worse than radio? If you can hear sirens, car horns and whatever else you need, why does it matter if the music comes from a radio speaker or headphones? Keep in mind, some countries use the same reasoning for cars and bikes, and I’d rather not annoy everyone with drive-by beats.
Also, I imagine headphones in cars is more common if you are young and your car is old.
- destructdisc@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
If you can hear sirens, car horns and whatever else you need
That “if” is doing a LOT of heavy lifting. Also it’s technically illegal in India, where this was taken
- VibeSurgeon@piefed.socialEnglish1 month
There’s no problem with driving with earphones.
The mirrors are a problem though
