XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: Zaidy036@air.isp.spam   
      
   Jolly Roger  wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   Also consider that the youngsters of today are using more text and their   
   phones are all most "welded" to their bodies. Reading and responding to   
   texts is worse than talking so I expect accident rates to skyrocket now.   
      
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