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   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: pmcook@gte.net   
      
   On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 11:54:05 +1100, Rod Speed wrote:   
      
   > But the stats are dominated by the dramatic fall in the fatality   
   > rate over that time which swamps any effect of cellphone use.   
      
   Hi Rod,   
      
   Just to clarify...   
      
   We're talking accidents (specifically, accident *rates*).   
   Not injuries.   
   Not fatalities.   
      
   The reasons are many why fatalities and injuries are red herrings,   
   not the least of which is that the accident begets the fatality   
   and injury; and, furthermore, not the least of which is that   
   fatalities and injuries have far more factors involved than do   
   the accidents that naturally precede them.   
      
   We are only discussing accident rates in the United States,   
   because they are germane to the discussion and because we   
   have excellent data from the US Census Bureau over the past   
   50 years.   
      
   This is data nobody can refute (although they try).   
      
   I'd be perfectly happy if folks would bring up good data for   
   accident rates in your native land of Australia, but I don't   
   know if we have good data so that's why I'm talking only about   
   the accident rate in the USA.   
      
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