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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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[–] gedfromgont@piefed.ca 12 points 13 hours ago

The researchers found that when popular artists released albums, there would also be an increase in general phone usage, and one reason may be because people are looking to stream the album on their phones.

So it's not really the music but that people are on their fucking phones while driving.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 12 points 14 hours ago

A rare example of when I think talking to the computer is a good interface.

Also fuck cars, and distracted drivers need to go right to the pits.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Figures he listens to Taylor Swift.

[–] Abyssian@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Strange that he was trying to find her songs, the statistics show that most people killed in traffic deaths when her new albums start playing were swerving in to oncoming traffic to try to make it stop.

[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 11 points 17 hours 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.