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When Dr. Vishal Patel found himself scrolling through Spotify to find songs from a new Taylor Swift album in his car, he realized he had drifted out of his lane.

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[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 11 points 1 day ago

Sure those people are dead but! I did get to hear the new Bad Bunny album 10 seconds earlier so it's worth it when you really think about it

Patel’s new study, published Monday in the journal JAMA Network Open, found a 15% increase in traffic fatalities on the days major new albums are released, compared with the days immediately before and after.