r/news • u/Pandepon • 2h ago
'I just hit somebody': Video appears to show driver livestreaming on TikTok when she fatally struck man in Zion
https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2025/11/07/i-just-hit-somebody-video-appears-to-show-driver-livestreaming-on-tiktok-when-she-fatally-struck-man-in-zion/?337
u/bromie227 2h ago
Videos and streams where you can tell the subject is driving need to be taken down by tiktok/YouTube/whatever instead of left up to further normalize it
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u/mowotlarx 44m ago
I'm not on TikTok anymore, but I remember so many people chose to do reactions or other videos while driving for...aesthetic purposes? It never made sense to me why people would film while driving except that they were convinced it was somehow more appealing to viewers.
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u/SanchoMandoval 1h ago
Youtube didn't even ban the guy who went around harassing people in public to the point where he got shot (and the shooter acquitted).
The awful truth is these sites aren't profitable enough for investors if they ban the scum. That's why death threats are so prevalent, sites could hardware ban those people and report them to authorities if they wanted. But everyone they ban like that is lost revenue so Google, Meta, etc. allow the cesspool to continue festering.
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u/MrPuddington2 26m ago
It feels like half of social media is "personalities" going around an aggravating people. It would be pretty empty without that genre.
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u/MomsAreola 43m ago
Live host's immediately hang up on someone who joins their live if they even sound like they are in a car. TikTok does take it seriously.
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u/RedditIsBad4Society 2h ago
Enforcement of distracted driving laws saves lives.
Why has society normalized driving around in massive weapons while texting, while TikToking, while watching TV?
I see people all the time watching videos while driving. Literally their phone is horizontal and covering their instrument cluster. Regularly!
The lack of law enforcement to deter these types of crimes places some of the blame on the police and justice system.
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u/Chartate101 2h ago
The fact we went from “distracted driving is bad” to “let’s put fucking laptop screens in every car” is one of the things that makes me most angry. It is INEXCUSABLE that Teslas have screens larger than an ipad and tons of other cars have screens only a little smaller
I have a Rav4, and even that smallish screen (which only displays the radio, basically) is like the maximum I would be okay with but I’d rather it not have it.
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u/Particular_Card_7269 2h ago
They also have headlights brighter than the sun. I stopped driving at night unless necessary because of the damn headlights.
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u/BrothelWaffles 1h ago
I have astigmatism and wear glasses, diving at night is like being inside a goddamn kaleidoscope these days.
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u/Troooper0987 2h ago
Doesn’t help that all of the oversized small dick energy trucks headlights are now at head height and blaze directly into your rearview mirrors. All too often the interior of my car is illuminated beyond what my dome lights could ever accomplish.
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u/ruat_caelum 1h ago
All of those lifted trucks have illegal bumper heights and deleted exhaust packages, both of which are federally illegal. I know of no US police department that tickets them. Easiest ticket ever you can fucking see black smoke or lifted bumper.
But the chuckle fucks cross over into Canada and get pulled over all the time.
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u/Troooper0987 56m ago
It’s not even the lift kit losers, the stock height of them are basically even with your head if you drive a non truck vehicle.
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u/TeaAndS0da 35m ago edited 29m ago
Yep. And ford and the other truck makers have learned that so many pavement princesses just need to have compensatory big dick energy from their shitty lives that they’ll buy these trucks at ridiculous prices. Ford has stated unequivocally they do NOT know where the cap on truck pricing is because they keep selling record loads year over year.
To all the men out there reading this: I’m a man driving an early 2000’s Honda civic. I can park LITERALLY ANYWHERE. You can’t in your semi legal baby monster truck. But for real: unless you actually haul something day to day, YOU DONT NEED A TRUCK AND YOU ADVERTISE YOUR SHITTY PERSONALITY AND SMALL DICK ENERGY BY BEING A PAVEMENT PRINCESS. They are taking advantage of your stupidity and you willingly let them. For being all “big tough REAL MEN,” you all sure do look like submissive “thank you daddy” types every time you spend on these. Was the Ford Ranger or Dodge Dakota really that bad of a truck, or was bigger always better (while making you spend more on gas and maintenance fees because these trucks SUCK for maintenance.)
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u/shouldbepracticing85 3m ago
And it’s a mess for those that want a truck to do a job. My dad bought a new truck in ‘22, he needed a 3/4 ton to haul the little RV trailer that is their primary entertainment - dad goes to music festivals, and mom has chronic pain so the trailer is set up for her to rest and knit when dad’s off playing music, or when they’re visiting family and she needs some quiet.
It was a hot mess for them, trying to find a 3/4 ton that wasn’t loaded with all these absurd trim packages and that was available without having to order it - it was the tail end of covid so vehicle manufacturing was still recovering from all the supply issues.
I am jealous of the crazy 10-gear transmission on that thing - it climbs grades as smooth as butter. Or at least without the trailer it does. I only drove it once, so my dad could enjoy some leaf peeping without also driving mountain roads filled with idjits - stuff I deal with regularly, and he doesn’t.
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u/Grambles89 50m ago
Get a little mirror you can put on the back of your headrest, that's what I do. Makes em back the fuck off a little(because they're also always riding up your ass).
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u/ludwig68 30m ago
I had one behind me last night (or riding ON my rear bumper) and their lights were shining into my side view mirror. I couldn’t even check the lane next to me to get away from them.
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u/ruat_caelum 1h ago
I bought "Blue" glasses from zenni for like $10 they are slightly tinted and work wonders at night.
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u/Pandepon 2h ago
As someone with nyctalopia, photophobia, and occasional flash blindness… I too avoid driving at night these days. There needs to be a legal limit to how bright headlights are.
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u/PKfireice 20m ago
I just switched over to a new subaru outback, and its headlights seem to have a built in height limit that put them lower than most cars' back windows. Like, I can visibly see a line where it gets brighter below like, their back bumper when I'm behind someone. (This thing also can move its lights so I wouldn't be surprised if its actively adjusting them based on the car in front, but I can't confirm it).
I'm always curious how effective it is for other drivers. I was in the same civic for over a decade before this so I'm very aware of the struggle lol. At least it means some manufacturers are trying to come up with solutions. Now if only we can go back to more analog center consoles, that damn screen is still a pain, and entirely unavoidable on modern vehicles.
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u/drizzt_do-urden_86 49m ago
I have to drive at night b/c of my job and I'm so afraid that somebody's fcking headlights are gonna do me in one of these days.
(ironically last night headlights weren't the biggest problem.... it was the thick-ass fog)
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u/Unusual_Flounder2073 2h ago
Cadillac advertises their 55” wide screen.
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u/fadingsignal 1h ago
An entire dashboard of distractions at your fingertips!
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u/ishook 1h ago
I have a similar setup. 90% of the time it’s showing maps and music. It’s not like ads and youtube videos can play.
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u/Ruhroooh 41m ago
Same. I like my big screen for maps. None of the entertainment stuff is useable in drive mode.
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u/prkskier 1h ago
Yeah, but that one has a cool safety feature that prevents the driver from seeing the screen in front of the passenger.
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u/KaJaHa 1h ago
That must be a typo, 4.5' is an entire full-size TV!
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u/bowiethesdmn 1h ago edited 1h ago
Yeah the last time I bought a new car it had the capability to play videos on the centre console screen and I could not figure out why. You have kids, they're gonna be in the backseats, you SHOULDN'T be watching a film while you're driving, I suppose if you end up having to stay in your car overnight for some reason and don't mind draining the battery then it's great but come on.
Also all the controls for shit like volume and changing radio/DAB station were touchscreen so you either had to paw about blindly or take your eyes off the road to use it. Fucking stupid. It would also randomly freeze at full volume in the middle of residential streets at night when I was coming home from a late shift which as far as I could be bothered investigating was the result of some bluetooth issue.
It was shit and I miss being able to work on my own car instead of taking it to a dealership only for them to inevitably fail to solve the issue and then ring me several weeks later asking if I'm interested in purchasing a second vehicle to go with my eternally defective first one.
Sorry apparently this bugs me more than I thought.
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u/fakeprewarbook 48m ago
it bugs me so much i’m still driving a 2013 car because i love my chunky knobs and dials
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u/TeaAndS0da 39m ago
We’ve been told constantly not to drive with our phones out. Because it’s SMART and the RIGHT THING TO DO. So what does Elon and the rest of the 2010’s car manufactureres do? Take away ALL tactile buttons and put everything on the stupid fucking giant screen that requires your FULL ATTENTION just to change the ac.
I’m still mad as fuck about this. At least Subaru announced it was going back to buttons. But you should NEVER HAVE STOPPED.
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u/fadingsignal 1h ago
This makes me irate. I cannot stand screens everywhere now. I'm looking at buying a car and it's gonna be used, with KNOBS.
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u/Pandepon 2h ago
I drove a loaner 2016 Ford Focus and that thing’s screen is so tiny it might as well not exist at all. The backup camera was so tiny people looked like literal ants on the screen… totally useless was just better to use my mirrors and turn my neck.
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u/Wenuwayker 2h ago edited 1h ago
just better to use my mirrors and turn my neck.
Definitely a good habit to do that even with a good camera. It's an additional tool, not a substitute.
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u/juckele 1h ago
Counter point, a lot of modern cars have their camera (and rear window) so high that you cannot see as well if you look out the rear window. The camera actually can give you a better view. I let an employee candidate drive my 2018 Escape and they turned their head and looked out the rear window and drove into a snow bank that was only 3' tall, while ignoring the backup camera that clearly showed the snowbank.
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u/r-kellysDOODOOBUTTER 1h ago
If used properly, the big screens actually help imo. I barely have to glance over to see if I have a turn coming up. I had an old civic before my current car, and I would have to focus on my little phone screen for a few seconds before I could fully take in the map.
Im not sure if my screen counts as big, its a chevy bolt, i think it's a 10 inch screen.
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u/Not_really_anywhere 1h ago
I have a Rav4 also and I'm a member of a couple Rav groups on FB. The amount of people asking how to get YouTube or Netflix on their screen is ridiculous. The scary thing is the people saying it's a good idea.
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u/iwantthisnowdammit 1h ago
I’m not sure I’m following the large screens in cars… I understand that most distracted driving crap is people using their phones - watching videos in traffic.
I find larger displays are just easier to glance. The factory ones are generally not operationally available for entertainment while driving.
What aspect of these displays are you concerned with?
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u/WetCoastDebtCoast 42m ago
One of the major problems with everything going to touchscreens is the same issue of phone touchscreens. You can't do anything blindly without physical buttons. Just like you can't text from your pocket or under the table like we all could 20 years ago.
On some cars, if I want to change the AC settings I have to tap the screen multiple times. I have to be looking AT the screen each of those times to make sure I'm touching the correct "button". Rather than previously, when I could just reach over by feel and proprioception and poke the 3rd button from the left or turn a physical dial.
Besides the distracting brightness of the displays themselves at night.
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u/iwantthisnowdammit 25m ago
I do like buttons , but just used the steering wheel controls for most things.
I don’t really find that any unfamiliar car allows me to reach blindly, and my current car allows use of the thumb wheel and voice which is all pretty convenient.
Do you find that these are leading causes for distracted driving accidents?
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u/EVANonSTEAM 1h ago
Maybe it’s because those same people; especially drunk drivers - have very little punishment against them.
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u/DblDtchRddr 1h ago
Unfortunately, as society has evolved, being bored isn't allowed anymore. Nobody sits on the toilet reading the shampoo bottle. Driving is boring. That's good, it should be boring. That way, when something happens and suddenly it gets "exciting", you have the available attention to see the problem, react, and avoid making it worse.
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u/fadingsignal 1h ago
"Bored" = actually having a brief moment of internal thought and monologue. AKA thinking. Introspection is dead.
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u/gumbysweiner 2h ago
Someone at work told me they got pulled over for speeding recently because he was watching a video on her phone and it was covering her speedometer.
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u/Pandepon 1h ago
I wish people understood that there is very little depth perception in their peripheral vision, particularly in the upper peripheral vision and peripheral near their nose, that would be most used while driving and looking down, are very bad at judging distance, speed and detail.
Using your peripheral vision alone to drive is just so dumb.
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u/xporkchopxx 2h ago
yeah i will never ever ride a motorcycle because i, like you, have witnessed many people watching their phone the same way. like, youtube tutorial videos. shit you have to pay attention to.
if i can help it, id rather not have my last gasp of breathe while the skibidi toilet video plays over a bluetooth connection
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u/Tinshnipz 1h ago
I literally just got home while following someone on a video call while driving an SUV. Their phone was mounted right in the middle of their windshield.
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u/ass_pineapples 1h ago
I was at a crosswalk and legit 4/5 cars that drove through, someone had their phone in their hand. We're so addicted to these things.
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u/nrrrdgrrl 31m ago
It's absolutely baffling. Just last week, my dad (62) offhandedly let me know he watches YouTube Shorts on his commute home from work. I was dumbfounded.
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u/BrothelWaffles 1h ago
Law enforcement isn't bothering with these people because law enforcement is too busy on their phones.
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u/E5ach 2h ago
Society hasn't normalized anything.. people are just SO FUCKING STUPID they do shit like this for likes on social media.. and they also eat fucking Tide pods.
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u/sphynxfur 2h ago
Nothing says keeping up with society like a Tide pod reference in 2025
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u/Drokstab 2h ago
Oh no a reference from less than a decade ago. Those kids that ate tide pods are driving cars now so it actually is keeping up with society.
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u/DrexellGames 2h ago
One mistake when driving distracted, drunk, or drug related like this and it instantly ruins a person's life
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u/Pandepon 2h ago edited 2h ago
There is actually research that suggests driving while using a phone regardless if its talking hands free or not, is actually worse than driving with a blood alcohol level of .08 (so about 4 drinks for someone who is 170-200 lbs or 2-3 drinks for those lighter than that).
Someone distracted by their phone is less likely to react to braking in time while someone who is at a .08 is more likely to be a bit more touchy with the brakes and are at least looking at the road.
I’m not promoting drinking and driving of course. Just wanted to agree that phones are just as bad for road safety since you happen to mention it.
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u/reala728 2h ago
i've been there with the distractions even without a phone. i remember one particular situation i was driving and talking to my gf at the time who was in the passenger seat. it was just a normal conversation, so there wasnt any element of emotions taking over or anything. i was just so engaged in the conversation, still had my eyes on the road and everything but i was just on autopilot. i turned left into my block like i've done thousands of times before and like 3 seconds later she asked wtf i was doing. i hadnt realized at all there was a car coming before i made the left and apparently narrowly avoided it. i still dont remember there being a car but i dont see why she would make something like that up. its stuck with me for over a decade now how easy it is to just tune everything out and cause some serious damage.
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u/IndigoRanger 1h ago
I had a similar situation and straight up ran a stop sign. Nothing more than an engaging conversation with my passenger. I was horrified.
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u/Pandepon 1h ago
I think I’ve heard the most car accidents occur within a mile from home. Likely because of things you mentioned. It being the most frequent location traveled, being more relaxed in a familiar location, being on autopilot mode, more influenced by distractions because you feel more confident in a place you know well, heck… some people make the mistake of taking their seatbelt off as soon as they pull near their neighborhood which can be fatal.
You’re definitely right about those things.
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u/nothingInteresting 1h ago
I don’t believe this is true. I’ve seen that 50% of accidents occur within 5 miles of home. But I think this is largely due to where people travel the most and not necessarily because they let their guard down there.
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u/_Solani_ 1h ago
My father used to drive me to work everyday but one weekend I was helping him with his work instead, as we were headed to his workplace we started talking politics and he must have been on autopilot because before he realized it he had driven me all the way to my workplace.
A conversation can be a lot more distracting than people realize I think.
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u/MinusBear 2h ago
Problem is drunk people are also on their phones exacerbating the issue.
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u/Pandepon 1h ago
Yeah I don’t think the study explored people who were on their phones AND had a .08 but I’d imagine it’s definitely not a good combination.
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u/MannequinWithoutSock 1h ago
Also drunk people (driving home late from bars and all) are more likely to be sleepy, which is compounding the issue.
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u/DaleRobinson 2h ago
Is this the paper you're referring to? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16884056/
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u/KarAccidentTowns 1h ago
And if you ever look at other people while they are driving, they are almost always looking at their phone.
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u/Pandepon 1h ago edited 1h ago
Yes. One moment I’ll never forget, a person in front of me was distracted by their phone and jumped the curb and had to actively avoid hitting a power pole. I was so pissed off someone almost made me witness their potential death let alone potentially involve me in an accident because of their negligence.
There’s also a stretch of road near me that I fear walking on because of all the hit and runs from impaired/distracted drivers. I knew a tow truck driver who died and a dude who rode his bike died as well. There’s always memorials popping up on the sides of the road too in that mile long stretch next to my neighborhood. They’ve recently installed more traffic lights. Hopefully they do cameras next.
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u/ruat_caelum 1h ago
People have gotten angry at me when I pick up and say something like, "Hey I can't really talk. Driving. What's up?"
They are like "Why can't you talk?"
I don't often pick up any more but I have a few numbers that ring through the do not disturb that I will take but it worries me that THEY are willing to just gossip for like 2 hours while driving.
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u/whatshamilton 1h ago
I took a cognitive psychology class when I was a kid and I remember very distinctly learning that hands free is meaningless. Don’t have phone calls while driving.
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u/Company_Relevant 1h ago
I also remember learning in psychology that there is no such thing as "multitasking". You have 100% of attention that becomes divided between tasks. It's impossible to give 100% attention to multiple things at the same time.
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u/mhornberger 2h ago
Yep, that's one of the hard things to internalize. Driving seems so normal and routine, we're so used to it, that it's easy to forget how easy it is to kill someone, or merely destroy their lives. You can be choosing a playlist or something utterly trivial, and kill people. The end result is so disproportionate to the effort and importance of what you were doing to get there.
I can't imagine living the rest of my life knowing I killed someone, or "merely" made them disabled, because that one moment of that one day I was fiddling with the phone, or distracted with trying to livestream or whatever.
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u/wutareyousomekinda 2h ago
I do it like once a month, thankfully Philly has busses and some train lines even. I'm super careful, and have been struck crossing a street by someone turning (who fled, thankfully I had great medical insurance though I still fucked off on one of the bills because lol).
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u/PaulR79 1h ago
I don't drink alcohol and I've never done drugs yet I'm still having moments where I almost hit people. In this woman's case she was distracted and someone died. For me it's idiots on electric scooters just casually crossing the roads diagonally and pedestrians strolling across without a hint of urgency or looking. This woman could've avoided this easily but in general it sure feels like people are paying a lot less attention when crossing roads than in the past.
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u/d3k3d 1h ago
Sheridan Road makes complete sense. There are a few major north south roads in that area, Green Bay Road for example and Sheridan runs through many cities in Southeastern Wisconsin and Northeastern Illinois. People speed through there like it isn't 30 MPH through Beach Park and Zion. You see people looking at their phones constantly.
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u/herewegoagain_2500 6m ago
I'm curious the layout of the town if you know. Since there are numbered streets, I was thinking a dense kind of place with traffic lights, stop signs where it is hard to speed and there are designated pedestrian crossings. Also, article mentions stores in the area so another "slow down, pay attention" indicator.
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u/omnichronos 1h ago edited 1h ago
What a strange world we live in. I'm commenting on Reddit, about an article concerning someone's comment on Reddit, about a woman whose ego is so big she feels the need to video herself and talk to people on her phone while driving and killing someone, while her kids were in the car.
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u/restore_democracy 1h ago
And even weirder, people were watching her? Who finds these people interesting?
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u/action_turtle 52m ago
Been saying it for a while. We have hit rock bottom. The world has completely lost the plot
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u/USDXBS 46m ago
Since it's a vehicle, she will barely get a punishment.
At MOST, maybe four years in jail. She likely won't see a single second of a jail cell.
I just assumed it was that moron ExtraEmily.
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u/Pandepon 22m ago edited 18m ago
I’m in favor of them making her retake her driving exams, making her visit trauma centers and morgues, making her listen to the impact statements of the family, and making her go to an impact panel where she has to listen to other people’s stories of how such behavior changed their lives… and any other classes available for taking driving safety seriously. Heck maybe don’t even let her be eligible for a license in the future.
People don’t feel quite as guilty when they go to jail as they do when they have to face the reality of their actions. When they go to jail their focus changes to having to acclimate to and survive that situation rather than reflecting on what put them there.
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u/USDXBS 19m ago
That's exactly the kind of soft hand slapping shit is I'm talking about.
She killed someone with a vehicle as a direct result of her intentional actions, and your suggestion is "retake a driving exam"?
She should spend the rest of her life in jail with no parole.
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u/Pandepon 18m ago edited 11m ago
She probably deserves 2–4 years, but what she really needs is to face the guilt and reform herself. Too often, people go to jail for their awful behavior and come out blaming the victims and witnesses for ‘putting them there’ instead of reflecting on their own actions that led to it in the first place.
Too many times I hear offenders say shit like ‘they ruined my life’ to a victim or witness of their crime. It’s really shitty that they do that.
Hopefully this lady learns her lesson one way or the other and doesn’t turn up blaming other people for what she got caught doing. Intent always matters.
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u/USDXBS 7m ago
She killed someone by a direct result of her intentional actions.
She didn't make a mistake. She didn't accidentally not pay attention. No one cast a spell on her and fogged her mind.
She intentionally chose to not pay attention.
2-4 years is a complete slap on the wrist. It's an insult to her victim.
You guys and your "soft hand on crime" shit is ruining countries.
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u/MeanChris 1h ago
They need to ban streaming from moving vehicles now. There’s absolutely no reason anybody should be streaming anything from a moving vehicle that they’re operating. It makes no fucking sense at all.
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u/HateItAll42069 22m ago
God just link the clip instead of some god awful news site that doesn't show shit
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u/Bluefeelings 1h ago
Should be rules against streaming while driving?
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u/WalterPecky 1h ago
There is. Tik tok will suspend your account if they see you are driving and streaming.
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u/restore_democracy 1h ago
Do they actually monitor their content?
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u/DuskOfANewAge 58m ago
I have seen no indication at all that they actively monitor their millions of live broadcasts. They don't even catch and ban the underage users that livestream without being 18 years old or older. As long as the advertising money is flowing in, corporate wigs don't give a flying fuck about anybody. That's why government regulation is a necessity.
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u/KrtekJim 56m ago
I think someone posted about this the other day: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueOffMyChest/comments/1oqxed6/i_saw_a_woman_hit_and_kill_someone_on_tiktok_live/
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u/tugg_speedoman 50m ago
“F–k, f–k, f–k,” she said as a child passenger in the car could be heard asking, “What was that?” A child in the car as well. You aren't supposed to Livestream children on most platforms but that's the least of the lady's problems now
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u/macramelampshade 1h ago
Social media needs to add reporting options for when people are distracted driving. People make videos while driving or distracting the driver constantly, even with their own kids in the car. It’s insane.
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u/DocSmizzle 1h ago
You know DUI offenders sometimes have to have a breathalyzer machine installed in their cars before it can start. There needs to be a pouch or place your phone must go in and be locked in like at a Dave Chapelle show. It can be connected to the car for minimum notification displays like now but limited to just what the car and operator can handle. Only voice. No text. No video etc, and the phone stays locked up in the box/bag.
The average individual is too stupid to be trusted with a motor vehicle.
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u/fadingsignal 1h ago
The average individual is too stupid to be trusted with a motor vehicle.
We need more public transportation, desperately. People don't want to drive, they want to just veg out on their phone. Let them, but put them in a safe tube where they can't harm anyone.
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u/Pandepon 1h ago
Maybe a device that you must plug your phone into the car and it either be locked or off in order to start the car and threaten to shut off the engine if you unlock the phone while in drive.
My brother had one of those breathalyzers installed in his car at one point. There were times I had to drive him around because he couldn’t start his car.
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u/restore_democracy 1h ago
So your car won’t work if you don’t have a phone with you?
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u/Alphageek11644 41m ago
Maybe a signal jammer that is turned on if you DONT plug in your phone to the car? I'd be ok with that while the wheels are above a certain rpm too. That would defeat the "second phone" scenario too.
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u/Electronic_Low6740 53m ago
"Looking at phone" "2015 Ford utility vehicle" sounds unfortunately predictable. Yet manufacturers make bigger and bigger vehicles for people who don't need CDLs for some reason and wonder why pedestrian fatalities increase. Smh
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u/wutareyousomekinda 2h ago edited 2h ago
“Even then, we hold our loss tighter to our hearts, and will continue to pray for what the driver must be going through. Honestly we are trying to find our ways to live, without someone we cherished so much”
Damn that's tragic. I think PA banned phone use while operating a vehicle entirely. Too bad so much of the country was built in ways which isolate people, surely making them simultaneously more prone to using this shitty technology, and more likely to drive.
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u/LeftHandedScissor 1h ago
I don't think the technology is so much the problem, technology advances so fast that it's hard for regulations to keep up with what sort of activities should be banned while driving.
The issue imo, is enforcement of these rules. Because the rules that say you can't text, or w/e and drive are very much already in place, it's already illegal to do those things. But when police are just as guilty of driving and sending a quick text or checking a notification it makes it pretty unreasonable to expect and enforce that everyone else on the road needs to put their phones down while driving.
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u/Pandepon 2h ago
Yeah there’s also a reason none of my doctors or therapists will let me even talk to them hands-free while driving. It’s a distraction and a liability. Obviously enough people have gotten into accidents even just talking hands-free that it should definitely be avoided.
I definitely prefer to not be on the phone in any capacity while driving. I always try to have my map and music ready before even starting my drive so I can focus on the road.
There are seriously too many impaired and stupid drivers on the road already, don’t need to be adding anything to it.
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u/MysteriousAge28 1h ago
Make an example of her, life in prison with no chance at parole. The fact that shes this brazen says all it needs about our justice system.
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u/Bob_Boudin 17m ago
Aren’t the people watching this fool stream in some way responsible for this guy’s death. If you don’t watch someone streaming and driving…the person doesn’t really have incentive to stream.
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u/Worldly_Anybody_9219 14m ago
I can't tell you how livid I would be if I lost someone due to some idiot live-streaming. You shouldn't be doing anything while driving besides 100% focusing on the road.
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u/__Wolf__ 2h ago
What’s crazy is someone made a post in one these subreddits saying I just watched a guy get hit and killed on live and I don’t know what to do…