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From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com
"Paul M. Cook" wrote in message
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> On Mon, 07 Dec 2015 15:35:05 -0800, mike wrote:
>
>> I'd call that "fortunately"!!!
>> I've had more than a few close calls when people backed out
>> of their driveway while talking on the phone.
>>
>> Talk on the phone or drive...pick ONE.
>
> Oh shit. Another idiot.
>
> There's absolutely zero reliable evidence that talking on the phone
> while driving causes *any* detectable change in the accident rate
> whatsoever.
>
> Nothing whatsoever shows up (not even a blip) on the rate of accidents
> in the United States before, during, and after cellphones came upon
> the scene. These are reliable numbers, collected before, during,
> and after cellphones were invented, so, they are not "special"
> artificial studies commissioned for the purpose of showing that
> cellphones are the cause of accidents over an above any other
> cause.
>
> The only thing that changed after cellphones were invented were
> idiots like you latched on to an idea that can only be supported
> in selected studies, absolutely none of which reflect real life.
>
> The proof is in the accident rate statistics.
>
> There were, are, and always will be "distractions" in driving.
> Any idiot that can't handle something as simple as talking and
> driving is gonna have an accident no matter what.
>
> You're an idiot if you think that cellphones have *any* effect
> whatsoever on the overall accident rate in the USA. Proof
> abounds otherwise.
It would be more accurate to say that the fatality rate keeps
dropping for other reasons, much better designed cars and
roads and that has swamped any effect seen with the
massive increase in the use of cellphones when driving.
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