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For what its worth, a few hours ago I witnessed an elderly driver on their cellphone, driving about 5 miles per hour in a 30, followed by a line of cars and constantly blaring horns. Gen Z isn't the only age group using tiktok, and definitely not the only age group that drives distracted / inconsiderately / obliviously.

The official narrative will always blame the powerless. Weird how the calls for mandatory driving tests for the elderly only come from social media and not established media.

> in the 16-to-24 age group (up 15%), the 25-to-34 age group (up 18%), and the 35-to-44 age group (up 14%)

https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/...

> I'll stop short of blaming gen Z here since I have not seen the data. I

Smartphones and the like should be distracting pretty much everyone, not just gen Z