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Google's Michael Shields Responds to Arrington over Cell Phone Driving
- sburgess 17y agoLol. That is some funny stuff.
- _delirium 17y agoHis justification is somewhat questionable. Is stopping people talking on cell phones by standing in traffic when the light is green actually making the world a better place, i.e. reducing traffic accidents? It seems at the very least to be an open question whether any decrease in accidents from reducing cell-phone usage would be matched by an increase in accidents from cars unexpectedly stopped in the middle of a road.
- snissn 17y agohe had right of way, supposedly when entering the cross walk, so it should be the driver's obligation to wait for him to pass before continuing.
- _delirium 17y agoI'm not arguing it was illegal, merely that it wasn't utility-maximizing. I'm not sure it's even legal though; surely having right of way when entering a cross-walk doesn't give you justification to spend unlimited time in the crosswalk, even deliberately stalling there?