Law enforcement agencies across multiple countries report a steady increase in distracted driving incidents that researchers connect to social media use behind the wheel, according to AutosCommunity. At highway speeds, five seconds of looking at a phone covers the length of a football field without the driver seeing the road; the trend has implications for roadside workers including tow operators who depend on approaching drivers to see them and move over.
Operator takeaway
Move Over laws assume the driver is looking at the road. If they are streaming TikTok at 70 miles per hour, your amber lights and high-vis vest are invisible. This is the upstream problem behind every roadside strike.