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Comment by lm28469

3 days ago

Have you opened the article?

> the person driving while on TikTok “wasn’t paying attention to the road because she was reading comments and grinning at her phone”.

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olalonde  3 days ago

One doesn't exclude the other. The fact that she was distracted doesn't necessarily mean the accident happened because she was distracted.

  • lm28469  3 days ago

    100ms can make a difference between life and death

    If you're at the wheel of a moving car and do anything other than driving you're a piece of shit who deserves whatever comes your way (which preferably should be your sorry ass hitting a chunky tree and becoming tetraplegic)

    There are 0 situation in which using a phone while driving improves your odds or the odds of other people are you.

    It doesn't even matter if it's the victims fault, these people are dangerous and should not drive

  • bdangubic  3 days ago

    if there is proof that she wasn’t looking at the road at the time of the accident, do you think she has any chance to defend herself in court even if say victim was jaywalking? with great representation - probably? this will be an interesting trial…

    • walletdrainer  3 days ago

      On the video you can see her look down briefly before the sound of impact, but right before and at the time of the impact she appears to be looking forwards.

      She probably would not have had enough time to stop, given how recently she’d been looking at her phone. https://www.tiktok.com/@live.catch.up/video/7569917602479246...

      > do you think she has any chance to defend herself in court even if say victim was jaywalking

      Presumably entirely depends on how egregious the hypothetical jaywalking was and whether or not she can prove it. i.e. if it would’ve been impossible to avoid the accident regardless of her phone use, the phone use is probably irrelevant.

  • geor9e  3 days ago

    >topic is literal video of a person looking at camera phone and loud thud

    >HN commenter who only read the headline squabbles over correlation vs causation

    its all so wearisome

    • olalonde  3 days ago

      I read the article and watched the video. We can't tell whether the pedestrian suddenly stepped into the street or if things would've gone differently had she been fully focused. I prefer to reserve judgment.