When people think of road danger, they picture someone speeding or driving drunk. Fair enough—those are obvious. But another hazard is creeping along, more quietly, and causing just as much damage: distraction. It doesn’t make the evening news in the same way, yet the impact is constant.

Phones light up at red lights. Drivers scroll while rolling through traffic. Coffee, GPS, playlists, conversations, it all pulls attention in a hundred directions. On its own, each action feels harmless. Together, they create the kind of risk that turns an ordinary trip into a collision.

And here, with the 101 jammed most mornings and the Pacific Coast Highway full of drivers staring at the ocean, the margin for error is thin. Neighborhoods, too, aren’t immune. Parents rushing between schools, teens with

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