XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   Paul M. Cook  wrote:   
   > On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 18:39:50 +0000, Patty Winter wrote:   
   >   
   >> When you're talking with another person who's in the car with you,   
   >> they can see when a potentially dangerous situation is arising (e.g.   
   >> brakelights ahead on the freeway) and shut up. That isn't true of   
   >> someone at the other end of a cellphone conversation.   
   >   
   > This is most likely true.   
      
   It is absolutely true, and studies with factual data back it up.   
      
   > How does that effect, in reality, the overall accident rate   
      
   You are fixated on accident rate despite the fact that accident rates are   
   controlled by many factors unrelated to cell phone use.   
      
   You have failed.   
      
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