{"id":22419,"date":"2026-03-23T12:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/kids-say-they-take-a-quick-look-at-tiktok-a-new-kind-of-distracted-driving-is-on-the-rise\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:37:21","slug":"kids-say-they-take-a-quick-look-at-tiktok-a-new-kind-of-distracted-driving-is-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/kids-say-they-take-a-quick-look-at-tiktok-a-new-kind-of-distracted-driving-is-on-the-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Kids say they take a quick look at TikTok\u2019: a new kind of distracted driving is on the rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

As watching videos, using touchscreens, and even livestreaming behind the wheel become more common, experts warn of increased risk of crashes <\/p>\n

Jackie was on her way to a doctor\u2019s appointment last fall when she realized her Uber driver\u2019s eyes were not fully on the road. \u201cHe had a video playing on his phone and was intermittently looking at it,\u201d she said. Jackie, who is 32 and lives in New Jersey, could not tell exactly what the driver was watching, but she remembers seeing shots of people talking \u2013 she guessed it was a video podcast. \u201cI was definitely feeling a lot of dread and distress.\u201d<\/p>\n

As they continued on their 40-minute drive down the New Jersey Turnpike \u2013 a hectic highway that is not easy driving \u2013 Jackie considered saying something. But she felt vulnerable as a rider. \u201cI was alone in a car with someone who was already doing something I found shocking and reckless,\u201d she said. \u201cI didn\u2019t know how they were going to react.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nAs watching videos, using touchscreens, and even livestreaming behind the wheel become more common, experts warn of increased risk of crashes
\nJackie was on her way to a doctor\u2019s appointment last fall when she realized her Uber driver\u2019s eyes were not fully on the road. \u201cHe had a video playing on his phone and was intermittently looking at it,\u201d she said. Jackie, who is 32 and lives in New Jersey, could not tell exactly what the driver was watching, but she remembers seeing shots of people talking \u2013 she guessed it was a video podcast. \u201cI was definitely feeling a lot of dread and distress.\u201d
\nAs they continued on their 40-minute drive down the New Jersey Turnpike \u2013 a hectic highway that is not easy driving \u2013 Jackie considered saying something. But she felt vulnerable as a rider. \u201cI was alone in a car with someone who was already doing something I found shocking and reckless,\u201d she said. \u201cI didn\u2019t know how they were going to react.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As watching videos, using touchscreens, and even livestreaming behind the wheel become more common, experts warn of increased risk of crashes Jackie was on her way to a doctor\u2019s appointment last fall when she realized her Uber driver\u2019s eyes were not fully on the road. \u201cHe had a video playing on his phone and was …<\/p>\n

\u2018Kids say they take a quick look at TikTok\u2019: a new kind of distracted driving is on the rise<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22419"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}