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Sweden made it an offence to use a mobile while driving and then rescinded it when they discovered that the law made no difference to the accident rate.
by kwhitefoot 6y ago
Sweden made it an offence to use a mobile while driving and then rescinded it when they discovered that the law made no difference to the accident rate.
- kiliantics 6y agoThese things require enforcement. I rarely see or even hear of people getting tickets for using phones while driving here but, as a cyclist/motorcyclist that has to be very aware of traffic, I am constantly seeing people texting while driving. I also see most cops texting/playing candy crush in their cars too, which might explain the lack of enforcement.
- Barrin92 6y agopretty difficult to know how high the compliance actually was. One of the first articles I could find was that the police found it difficult to apply. So likely less of an issue of it not being dangerous but rather hard to enforce.
- kwhitefoot 6y agoMy impression was that analysis of the accident statistics failed to reveal any effect. Of course that doesn't mean that there wasn't one but it does suggest that it was too small to be useful.