XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: pmcook@gte.net   
      
   On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:11:42 +1100, Gordon Levi wrote:   
      
   > If you were able to think logically you would not repeat   
   > your conclusion that a minor, but real, cause of accidents could be   
   > detected from gross accident statistics.   
      
   Ah, this is a good point, so, maybe you're *not* as dumb   
   as I had thought you were.   
      
   Just as we all know that snakes and spiders and mountain lions   
   can kill us, I don't think anyone here doesn't agree that:   
      
   1. Any distraction that takes the eyes off the road "can"   
      contribute to an accident, and,   
   2. Cellphones used by driving "can" cause us to take our   
      eye off the road.   
      
   Both of these are logically and intuitively agreed upon by   
   everyone here.   
      
   The erroneous leap of faith some of the people make here is   
   that it makes any difference in the overall accident rate.   
      
   It doesn't.   
      
   Just as the fact that spiders and snakes and mountain lions   
   "can" kill people, the number of people killed while hiking   
   by spiders and snakes and mountain lions is likely minuscule.   
      
   It's the same here with cellphones.   
   I would never have intuited that; but the facts speak for   
   themselves.   
      
   The accidents don't exist just as the mountain lion deaths   
   don't exist.   
      
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