Smartphones, Stupid Drivers And The Carnage That Results

Phones have gotten smart. Drivers? Not so much. Our yearning to stay connected with the world at all times has made Georgia’s roads an increasingly dangerous place to be. You already sensed it just driving around. People drive like birdbrains: A car blows blithely through a red light (a doctor on her phone once T-boned my family van), the driver ahead of you who just can’t stay in a lane, the SUV that lags behind others in the flow of traffic and then suddenly rushes to catch up. Now, the numbers make clear that what we sensed is true.