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Recording social media while driving should be totally unacceptable.

Jon Caramanica records pop music reviews for the New York Times while driving. It's completely asinine.

All US states have distracted driving laws. Some people get away with it for too long. Doesn't have to involve a phone. Could involve sex toys, receiving fellatio, arguing with a passenger, reading a map, putting on make-up, etc... People get tickets every day for such things.

In most cases, distracted driving is a secondary cause for a stop. Police need some other reason to pull the driver over.

That's what the hands free laws in most states addressed- using a cellphone while driving became a primary offense, something you could be pulled over for or ticketed for even if you hadn't done anything else wrong.

The ultimate goal is to stop people from distracted driving before they cause an accident, but it's not always easy to see who should be stopped and who shouldn't, so a lot of people get away with it anyway.

Police need some other reason to pull the driver over.

That is false. People get pulled over all the time for obvious distractions. Someone addicted to watching the hundreds of bodycam video channels.

Perhaps the cops in your area were told to focus on other things. The Sheriff in my area are somewhat like that whereas the state troopers will happily pull someone over that looks suspicious or has out of state plates distractions aside. Enforcement and abuse vary by location.

Of course, although I think pulling people over for such infraction makes things much more unsafe. What is learned is if you put your phone lower than the dash, it becomes a lot harder to prove. Of course, much harder to see the road while you're staring under your dash, but the optimization society has suggested is that if you use your phone you should do it in a more dangerous way so you aren't caught.

This is paid very well via Twitch/Amazon.

A few hours ago I saw (on Twitch) some guy live stream his helicopter piloting over a rural picturesque village in Sweden while shouting loud cheers to "chat".

This is arguably safer (to others) than doing the same while driving.

I don’t really disagree, but is it meaningfully different than having a conversation while drivng?

Do you look the person you're talking to in the eyes and press your fingers on their face while talking to them?

This is who you're sharing the road with, you probably pass by dozens of them every day:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_w8Fll6a0hM

Thousands of people get maimed or killed every ear by fucktards who can't wait 10 minutes for their fucking dopamine rush.

It's useful that the person in the passenger seat also has a stake in not crashing

And is observing the same environment as the driver, likely knowing when to shut up and let the driver concentrate.

See also Carpool Karaoke, but at least that pretends to be in stop and go traffic.

I believe there's another car in front of and behind them.

Yeah that’s true but it’s more that they’re glorifying it and it’s not ona closed course with a professional driver.

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