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St. Louis' Crash Apparatus Shows the Sickness of Car Dominance
(www.riverfronttimes.com)
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I agree with all the sentiments and conclusions about this article. But this stuck with me:
Maybe I'm just a product of the times but it feels weird to me for anyone to leave the house without their phone these days.
I leave my phone behind nearly every time I walk to the groccery store. 45 minutes where I'm not compelled to stare at a screen. Its a nice break.
Especially, when I read about accidents/crashes, or see the results of driving mistakes or violations, my first thought is my phone. Maybe it’s a kind of anxiety, but if you can’t notify people that something happened, call emergency services, won’t it just be that much worse? How long will it take spfor someone to make all the connections that you could make in seconds with your phone?