XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   Zaidy036  wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Again, that's an ill-advised assumption, since there are many factors   
   unrelated to cell phone use that can effect accident rates.   
      
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