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   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   Paul M. Cook  wrote:   
   > On Tue, 08 Dec 2015 20:36:17 -0800, Savageduck wrote:   
   >   
   >> Your assumption is that accident rates should rise with cellphone   
   >> ownership.   
   >   
   > That is exactly the assumption I would make   
      
   It's good you admit you are making this huge I'll-advised assumption.   
      
   > if all these are true:   
   >   
   > 1. Cellphone use is distracting & distractions are dangerous   
   > 2. Accident rates compiled over the past 50 years are reliable   
   > 3. Cellphone ownership skyrocketed during a certain time frame   
   >    & we assume a percentage of owners use them while driving.   
      
   Of course you're ignoring the many factors unrelated to cell phone use that   
   may decrease accident rates, because that's the only way your silly   
   argument can work.   
      
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