The Korea Times

Pet peeves

There are many frequent subjects of complaint with me. However, the top one is drivers using smartphones without hands-free Bluetooth. The other day, one person was swerving outside of their lane, even driving on the borderline of the road. Firstly, I thought perhaps it was an inebriated driver, but on passing, I could see a lady was holding a smartphone close to her face with her left hand and steering with her right hand. I have observed frequently the manual and visual distractions of such accident-prone drivers. I wish I had the supernatural ability to shut their phones down in the middle of their conversations. Paraphrasing one of author Maya Angelou’s essays, "If you can’t change something, then change the way you look at it." I met her many years ago when she visited our university to discuss one of her books. Remembering her words, I sought to change my perspective. My mental point of view about the relative importance of drivers using smartphones as like the lady mentioned above is subdued. I try to think she could have received a shocking emergency call, causing her to s

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