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   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: pmcook@gte.net   
      
   On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 10:36:32 -0500, (PeteCresswell) wrote:   
      
   > Here's another thought - also granting for a moment that there has not   
   > been a big increase in traffic accidents: maybe the annoying behavior of   
   > cellphone-using drivers grows out of their being distracted - and   
   > compensating for the distraction by not sensing/going with the flow of   
   > traffic.   
      
   I think you've hit upon the keyword of why the proponents of cellphone   
   restriction laws are so adamant that "I saw a guy weaving all over the   
   road using a cellphone!".   
      
   The keyword you hit upon is "annoying".   
      
   Ever notice that any guy crazily zooming past you is an "idiot", while   
   anyone blocking your way in front is an "idiot" to some people?   
      
   It turns out that E-M-O-T-I-O-N is driving these cellphone-law proponents.   
      
   In fact, they're pure emotion. No logic. No facts. Just emotion.   
      
   It *annoys* them when someone is driving and, at the same time, doing   
   something other than driving.   
      
   I have an-as-yet-unproved assumption that most of these illogical   
   proponents of cellphone laws may be prone to be Myers-Briggs strong   
   "N" and "J" types. This is unproven! I just wonder if most of them   
   can't handle detail and that they gather data intuitively but not   
   by sensing. And, that they also order their own lives and expect   
   others to order their lives the way they do (strong "J" as opposed   
   to "P" personality).   
      
   I have no proof; but I suspect these people, who appear to be   
   idiots to me, are not actually idiots. They just don't take in   
   any real data (i.e., they're strong "N" types) who also expect   
   others to do whatever it is that they do (i.e., they're also   
   strong "J" types).   
      
   Again, I stress, this is simply an untested hypothesis of mine;   
   but it would explain why they appear to be stupid, because all   
   very strong xNxJ types generally appear to be stupid when they're   
   wrong.   
      
   NOTE: Weak N and J types would not generally exhibit this   
   characteristic; so bear in mind that the individuals who appear   
   to be stupid would have to be very strong N and J types for   
   this trait to show up as it does here.   
      
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