>People put their phones down when their semi-subconscious driving “algorithm” detect anything out of the ordinary. I think this ignores the fact that people c

>People put their phones down when their semi-subconscious driving “algorithm” detect anything out of the ordinary. I think this ignores the fact that people can’t actually pay attention to more than one thing at a time, generally. Meaning, they aren’t simultaneously looking at their phone and being vigilant of “weirdness” That switching overhead from one focus to the other may be enough to delay reactions to cause accidents. So while they’re not offline, the sensory input cycle is slowed enough to be much less useful.