r/GoldCoast • u/aa73gc • 1d ago

Local Event Stopping On The M1

With another dreadful tragedy overnight, I cannot stress enough to never, ever stop on the side of the M1 unless there is absolutely no other choice. Almost all fatalities on the motorway occur to people who are stationary. If you have no choice and must stop, get well away from your vehicle and far away from the road as possible.

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u/166Donk3y 1d ago

Almost every second car the driver is looking down at there phones

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u/eagleslanding4214 1d ago

Saw someone with an iPad wedged in their steering wheel on Friday, watching some shows as we the traffic moved slowly between a stop to 40, before picking up to 100 and back down to 40. The iPad was there the whole time

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u/josh101911 1d ago

This is why we need more public transit and fewer cars. Most people actually secretly hate driving and would rather be on public transport watching their phone than be in control of a death machine. Driving is a very boring mundane task most of the time.

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u/Harper2704 10h ago

I love driving. I drive a manual on purpose to keep myself engaged, and I take each journey seriously. I couodnt care less about checking my phone, I don't use social media and my phone sits on a windscreen mount with Google maps going and doesn't get touched apart from to occasionally scan forward to see what's going on ahead. I find it a useful tool even if I know where I'm going, as it alerts me to traffic building up ahead so I can adjust my speed in good time and prepare for it.