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Originally Posted by ken0042
First of all, I would suggest that if reading and responding to a text only takes 2 seconds, it could have waited. But secondly the traffic laws are set so that either most people can follow them; or at least lowest common denominator can. As an example, many people with a newer vehicle could easily handle driving 150 km/h on Stoney. However the speed limit is 100 to account for vehicles that cannot go that fast safely, as well as drivers.
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But reading a text at a red light while fully stopped isn't comparable to going 150 in a 100 zone. It would be more akin to driving 51 in a 50. Both are technically illegal, but neither is likely to cause an event that the laws are in place to prevent.
Sure, that 1 kph could be the difference between life and death. As could letting your eyes wonder for two seconds while fully stopped to that text, billboard, pretty lady, squirrel, etc. But we're talking very, very long odds.