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   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: pmcook@gte.net   
      
   On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:26:16 +0000, chris wrote:   
      
   > What I'm saying is that the lack of increase in accident rate /and/ the   
   > increased danger in driving due to cellphone use can *both* be correct.   
      
   Chris,   
      
   You just saw me respond to a person so dumb that they think this PDF   
   actually *proves* [sic] that cellphone use increases the accident rate!   
    www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/812219.pdf   
      
   That person who posted that was so confident, that they said something   
   to the effect of "now do you see why its so dangerous?".   
      
   I had to shake my head in utter disbelief.   
   People *are* that stupid!   
      
   So, you have to admit, *most* (almost all?) of the people who posted   
   here are so dumb that they *scare* me, they're that stupid.   
      
   You don't seem stupid, so, we can get to the *next* level with you.   
      
   I fully and completely agree that the absence of any data proving   
   that cellphone use actually raises the accident rate is *not*   
   proof that cellphone use does not raise the accident rate.   
      
   Despite the hordes of complete and utter idiots who bring up these   
   so-called 'studies' and reports that *prove* [sic] that cellphone   
   use raises the accident rate, not one person in this thread can   
   find a single reliable statistic that proves that cellphone use   
   *does* raise the accident rate.   
      
   So, this is what we have, for scientific evidence:   
   1. Hordes of idiots show crap that *proves* [sic] it for them,   
      but, upon even a circumstantial inspection, *all* of the   
      references they have quoted do *not* show anything of the   
      sort. This is the kind of stuff that makes me worry for   
      mankind - because - apparently - people *are* that stupid!   
      
   2. I can easily show US Census Bureau data, compiled over the   
      past 50 years, that does *not* show any increase whatsoever   
      in the accident rate (in fact, the opposite is shown, but   
      that's a detail).   
      
   3. Nobody. Nobody. I'll repeat. Nobody has yet shown any   
      proof whatsoever that there is an increase in the accident   
      rate before, during, or after the meteoric rise in cellphone   
      ownership in the USA.   
      
   If you, or anyone can actually shown an increase in the accident   
   rate in the United States, that would be useful data.   
      
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