nyan comments on If Phones Are Killing Pedestrians, Why Is It Only Happening in America?

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 20 points 4 months ago (9 children)

Since the article clearly states that even Canada—where we drive the same vehicles and have some similar infrastructure issues—isn't showing the same uptick, the most likely reasons are legal/regulatory or cultural rather than physical. In other words, there's more going on here than just oversized SUVs with bad collision outcomes for pedestrians (although they certainly don't help).

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[–] SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago (8 children)

In Canada our distracted driving laws are pretty harsh and they do actually enforce them. Insurance is also mandatory and a distracted driving ticket is very expensive for a couple of years.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

Where in Canada are police doing their jobs? Not in Ontario.

Insurance is mandatory....but many are driving without it as some idiot in Ontario got rid of visible licence validation in 2018.

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 point 4 months ago

BC. Sometimes the police wait at the stop light about 50 feet up, and walk down the side of the cars to check if you are on your phone while light is red.

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[–] SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 1 point 4 months ago

I have seen it in Ontario and Quebec. They do it with seatbelt check campaigns. I have never seen it in Toronto though but in Toronto I don't think you can even get pulled over for a moving violation anyways, unless you are speeding exceptionally fast.

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