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@alexpalacefan@mastodonapp.uk @janeishly@beige.party I doubt this would make a measurable difference here. Yesterday I saw a flatbed eighteen-wheeler truck turn left on a red light after the one in front of it turned left on yellow. This is apparently normal enough behaviour that the local-ish paper called it out. I don't think looking away from the wheel is the problem. Especially since it's pretty clear that *distraction* (meaning trying to hold down a conversation or read/compose a text or basically not pay attention to driving) is a problem regardless of where the driver is looking. But I really think the core problem is local and international cultural norms that say ignoring safety regulations is okay, that say "texting while driving is fine, actually" just like they say "red means another car goes through is fine, actually".