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If Phones Are Killing Pedestrians, Why Is It Only Happening in America? (www.thedrive.com)
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[–] 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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  • [–] 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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  • [–] 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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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Where are people getting the idea that insurance isn't mandatory in the US?

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    You kind of do everything the opposite way of developed countries

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