Distracted Driving & Being Fake

April is Distracted Driving Month and Dangerous Dave talks about what is distracting us. Plus, are you fake around some people? Survey says that many people are for good reason.

Episode Transcript

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Please, he's step in the din with dangerous d well.
Have you ever glared at another driver and seen them
picking at a full charcouterie platter while driving? April is
National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and a new report eighty
six percent of drivers admit to being distracted by technology,
usually their phones. It's not the only thing that's keeping

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our focus off the road, though. Here's some other things
that we're doing. Getting ready while driving, twenty seven percent
of drivers said they admit they're working on their appearance
while driving. They're changing their clothes, shaving, putting on makeup,
painting their nails, and among gen Z drivers, the number
jumps to fifty percent. Eating while driving It's not just
snacking a whopping Seventy two percent of people eating it

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while driving admit to eating some risky meals like barbecued
ribs or bowl of hot soup. It's a little tricky.
How about eating a salad? I saw somebody doing that,
I'm like wow. Creating content while driving Seventy four percent
of people said the most embarrassing distraction is filming videos
or creating social media content while driving. Stress and anxiety.
Twenty percent of drivers stress from work or school relationship

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issues can mess with their focus behind the wheel. A
report also includes a map of distracted driving hotspots throughout
the country. Most distracted drivers are states in the Southwest
like California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. Florida,
North Carolina, Michigan, Connecticut are also in danger zones. The
rest of the South are somewhat dangerous up to West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts.

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The areas with the lowest levels of distraction northwest and northeast,
including New York State. Safest states to drive populated Midwest
states include Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota, and Minnesota. Maine.
Vermont also rated pretty safe. Now we're pretty safe, but
I can still see a lot of people out there
not paying attention. Nowhere, you're going drive with a purpose,

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please that way, I can still pay attention to my
TikTok were in the If your friends from college could
secretly watch you having brunch with your mother in law,
what they recognize you. Fourteen percent of people said they
often change the way they speak are depending upon who
they're talking to. Thirty two percent said sometimes, twenty seven
percent said rarely, and twenty three percent claim they never

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change who they are doubtful, very doubtful, because are you
going to act the same way with every person, especially
if you don't know them. Twenty one percent of people
said others often change how they speak and act. Forty
eight percent say they do it sometimes, in fifteen percent
believe they do it rarely. Five percent claim some people
never do. Oh, come on, so is it a big deal?

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The idea you might come off as fake if you
change based on who you're with, But on the flip side,
you might also be a savvy social skill to adjust
an adapt to the audience and situation. That's the way
I feel. Thirty three percent of people say shifting is
mostly a good thing, twenty eight percent said mostly a
bad thing, in thirty eight percent say they weren't sure. Now,

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I'd kind of be in the last camp. It depends
upon the context, the person's intentions. It could be annoying
to be around somebody who's always playing the room, but
if you don't have an attack, you can come off
as a jerk. So I try to play to the room,
to whoever it is. There's certain things I'll say to
my friends that I certainly wouldn't say to my in laws.
My wife wishes that version of me was even a

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little bit greater. That there's a few things I wouldn't say,
But I'm still me, Okay, I just hold back a
little bit. If you're a tell it like it is
person like me. Probably not nice to tell your friend's
wife that a new born baby already looks like a
tired accountant named Gary, especially if you're doing it at
your friend's funeral. And again for another episode of Deeper
in the Den with Dangerous daved right here