Just to what Madman is saying, I used to be the guy who thought he was fine to talk on the phone when driving; didn't see the danger. What really opened my eyes was when I would walk 5 km per day through the Beltline to get to my car. I would say on average I would have one or two near misses with cars per week; and I think every time was with a driver on his/her phone.
Now by near misses I don't mean it was so close that I had to jump. Things like I would be crossing 4th street at a marked crosswalk with my arm out, and 3 of the 4 lanes would stop, and in the last lane would be some person wizzing by oblivious that they had evn had a near miss.
And that's just it- if you are oblivious that you had a near miss, by definition you would also not know you are a danger.
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