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Phones may be a factor, but since this seems to be a uniquely North American problem, Iβd look toward the vehicles themselves: People have always been distracted while walking, but hood heights have increased dramatically in recent years.
The drivers being on their phones is a major contributor, I'd imagine
Now that would be useful data. Can we confirm that?
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But cellphones happened everywhere, and people get distracted by them. Iβm sure thatβs _a_cause of increased accidents almost everywhere
But the truck issue is purely US (or is Canada infected too?). So comparing trends for is data vs other countries is a cheap way of separating the effect of cell phones vs the effect of excessive trucks