XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: gordon@address.invalid   
      
   "Paul M. Cook"  wrote:   
      
   >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.   
      
   I suggest you stop trying to assess intelligence. You have already   
   demonstrated your inability to judge your own intelligence let alone   
   anybody else's.   
   >   
   >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   
      
   Yes they do. I have already posted   
   .   
   >just as the mountain lion deaths don't exist.   
      
   They exist too   
   .   
      
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