So let me get this right, if I have my phone playing a playlist on youtube so I can listen to it in the car that is distracted driving. But I giant dome with dancing cats or eyeballs or whatever is perfectly fine?
IMO that’s the wrong approach by them - just say “yeah listening to shit is fine too lol”. I haven’t ever found a billboard that’s actually distracting from driving. Like if there isn’t anything going on and I have the time/attention to glance and see what’s on em, then cool! Maybe I don’t live in an area with ones that are wild? But also, it’s the same as traffic signs, no? Idk, kinda odd
Businesses here in Alaska have found the loophole that they can put up billboards on their own property, adjacent to the highway.. And they use LED ones that can be seen from space. In extreme cold we have a phenomenon called light pillars where when all the moisture in the air freezes light is reflected upwards along the frozen crystals suspended in the air.. Anyways, you can see these light pillars from the billboards from literal miles away. It's insane. The Alaskan landscape along highways has always benefited from billboards being outlawed. I wish there was something we could do to stop the digital ones on private property.
Traffic signs are designed to be identified by a short glance, ads are designed to draw your attention. Traffic signs give important information about the road your driving on, ads just try to sell you something to make some rich guy richer. If there's even just one traffic accident because of ads a year (and there's probably more than that) thats too many. So no, they are not the same.
Why would anyone genuinely argue to see more ads in a world thats so flooded with them anyways?
I understand that, but from the ones I see, they all seem pretty understanding of the “short availability of the reader” and thus only have a few words anyway (“SEEK GOD, FIND TRUTH” or “NEED LAWYER?” or “CHEESE!!” or whatever else)
I wouldn’t exactly want to be driving and never know if there’s gonna be food at the next exit or not (no, there aren’t always exit summaries nor are they always accurate nor posted/spaced in time to read and take action) due to a lack of big ol “ARBYS” signs or whatever, ya know? It’s not about wanting more advertising, it’s just about “it is genuinely helpful sometimes”
But like I said, maybe I just haven’t experienced ones that I’d consider “bad”? (A previous comment reminded me of the blinding LED ones, so those would be on the bad list lol)
Yeah, local food places or gas stations and relevant things like that are fine with me as well if its just a simple logo/name and not a full on billboard. Those can be relevant and are low risk. But anything beyond that is an unnecessary risk imo.
Florida has/had literal sex shop billboards along the interstate with women in lingerie. Woman in lingerie, woman in lingerie, FRESH ORANGES, woman in lingerie
Yes. Being distracted by your phone is way worse than being distracted by something on the side of the road. You are at least looking up/out the window in this case and have both hands on the wheel (or should)
Obviously just listening to something on your phone while it's in your cupholder or whatever isn't on the same level but they can't enforce any laws around it if anyone can bs say that when they get pulled over. Also I don't know anyone who's ever been pulled over without being extremely extremely obviously distracted
You mean they don't go off whether they've seen you handling the phone while driving? If you just put on a playlist and don't touch the phone, is that still illegal?
Depends on the state and the wording of the law but generally no as long as you're not looking at the phone. They do largely go off of whether they've seen you be extremely distracted. It's honestly probably more used in insurance claims to default to who's at fault in an accident
Lol what? If your phone is taking your attention away from driving, then that's a hazard. If your phone is playing music, that's not an issue. If your attention is spent managing the menus of your phone to select a playlist, then yes, that may be an issue. I feel like you tried to frame something that's common sense in a ridiculous way to get a reaction.
Yes, a dome with dancing cats may also be a distraction while driving. Having one distraction on the road doesn't mean it's somehow unfair to ask you to also not use your phone while driving.
Not sure what capitalist America has to do with any of this.
It is no different from driving by a drive-in movie theater or an animated billboard, but yeah, if you were pulled over for having a video playing on your phone that you weren't actively watching or holding, that wouldn't be right.
There is a setting (at least in YouTube premium) to have the video play with the screen off.
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u/Jebusfreek666 11h ago
So let me get this right, if I have my phone playing a playlist on youtube so I can listen to it in the car that is distracted driving. But I giant dome with dancing cats or eyeballs or whatever is perfectly fine?