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Re:Biggest Spike in Traffic Deaths in 50 Years? Blame Apps by embiggen on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @11:15PM (#12964489)
Polar Opposite of other parent: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12964329

Both purport situational awareness" to have vastly different consequences and effects.

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Re:Biggest Spike in Traffic Deaths in 50 Years? Blame Apps by Scoundreller on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @12:18AM (#12964708)
In my locale, possibly for legal/insurance reasons, Uber drivers far too often keep their phones very low, and out of sight from other vehicles. Therefore, they have to keep looking far down.

For Uber drivers, the app is like a slot machine: you have to keep checking/interacting with it, lest you miss your next fare. With a navapp in a personal car, if it says I need to take no action for the next 1/10/100km, I know I can focus on the vehicles around me instead of signs for roughly that time.

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