Distracted Driving

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
I don't know if you guys are aware of this.
I was not until I read this article about April
being National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Oh yeah, did not
know that? Did you need that? In a new report,
eighty six percent of drivers admit to being distracted by technology,
usually their phones. But that isn't the only thing keeping

(00:21):
our focus off the road. Getting ready while driving?

Speaker 2 (00:25):
No, people doing like their makeup and whatnot.

Speaker 1 (00:27):
Twenty seven percent of drivers admit to working on their
appearance while driving. Is that includes changing clothes, shaving, shaving,
putting on makeup, or painting their nails while they're driving.
And get this, among gen Z drivers, that number jumps
to fifty percent.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
Oh my gosh, why.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Don't y'all just get ready at all? Mine about this?
Eating while driving? Nope, and not just snacking A whopping
seventy two percent of people who eat while driving admit
they've tried some risky meals, like eating barbecue ribs or
a bowl of hot soup. You can't do.

Speaker 2 (01:06):
Nothing like that. You're insane if you're going to do it.
You can't do nothing like that. Wow, a good sandwich
will fit you well. You're gonna be able to concentrate
better if you eat a sandwich or maybe some fries
will help you out.

Speaker 1 (01:17):
Hot soup or ribs. Ribs are messy.

Speaker 2 (01:19):
You don't want to do nothing like that. That's too
much work. You got to now you got to look
at what you're doing and all this stuff you can
no look now, this is for real.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
Creating content while driving. Seventy four percent of people say
the most embarrassing distraction is filming videos or creating social
media contents. I believe that while driving. Yeah, you've probably
seen we've we've seen people do this. Yeah, you know,
while they're driving, they're trying to make a video or
get a nice photo.

Speaker 2 (01:45):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (01:45):
This report also includes a map of distracted driving hot
spots throughout the country. The most distracted states are in
the Southwest, like California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, Utah,
and Colorado. Other danger zones include Connecticut, Michigan, North Carolina,
and Flora. Duh, Yeah, this this reminded me. And this

(02:08):
was not that long ago, maybe in the last two years.
Sally and I were merging onto I ninety five to
go home from forty fifth Street, and there was a
guy driving quite fast, and I looked over and he
had an entire plate of food up on top of
his steering wheel with a fork, with the fork, with
the fork. He was eating a plate of food while

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he was driving down. I don't know, I you know,
I don't know, Curtis. I don't know what it was.
I don't know if it was ribs.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
I don't even talk on the phone while.

Speaker 1 (02:41):
And you've got people out here changing clothes, painting their
nails and eating barbecue ribs while driving.

Speaker 2 (02:47):
That's insane. No, I'm gonna try barbecue chicken today, are you.

Speaker 1 (02:52):
I'm gonna I'm gonna eat something something with chopsticks on
the way home, and see how I want to say