Christine, in regards to your comments on the post, I agree with you as well. You said that, “our society has been able to spot the problem and mobilize a campaign against it. Society is not completely at the mercy of technology; we have the ability to change how it is assimilated into our daily lives.” What I respected most about your comment was that you used the word ability, that we have the ability to change. I found this to be most appropriate because the reality is that we cannot change others, we can only hope to influence change within them. This means of influence in the forms of billboards and advertisements does serve as a reminder that driving needs all of our attention. I feel that some people forget that driving is not a personal event, it is a social event in which communication with other drivers is crucial. From having our lights on, to using our blinkers/turn signals (which nobody in LA seems to do) and even honking when we need to. Driving itself requires communication and its true, technology is changing the way we drive and thus affecting our attention to the road.

Yet, I do question in what ways smartphones may have helped to create some more efficiency in driving. For example, the maps feature that can direct us to where we wanna go and preventing us from getting lost or apps that can tell us which roads are congested and suggests other routes, etc. Can we find a way to make smartphones more beneficial to our driving rather than so harmful?