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There's a big misconception about mobile phones and driving, and it's putting us at risk (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

For sure, but also phone have been deliberately engineered on the hardware and software level to be as addicting and habit forming as possible.

From attention grabbing chimes (not insane, you want to know when you're messaged normally) to notification spam to superstimuli applications. We need to shift some responsibility on manufacturers for exploiting holes in human psychology.

Anti litter campaigns get you so far, putting bins everywhere gets you further. Work safety videos get you so far, lock out tag out systems take you further