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Deadly car crashes surge on days that big albums drop

Boing Boing and Gail P Sherman
Feb 27, 2026
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The release of a hot album may increase fatal automobile accidents.

In a new study, researchers sought to explore the dangers of in-vehicle smartphone use beyond just talking and texting. They compared traffic fatality data to Spotify’s charts, using the albums with the most first-day streams. Spotify streams increased 4…

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