Originally Posted by
rollagain
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Someone demolished the visibility argument by pointing out that motorists have no trouble spotting small animals or potentially hazardous trash along the side of the road. Our vision fixes on things that are unexpected or out of place, provided we're looking at the road and not a phone.
Many motorists do run into pedestrians, motorcycles, cyclists, deer, cats, dogs, elk, and A variety of other hazards, and did so prior to the invention of the smartphone. That concern is hardly “demolished”.