XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: pmcook@gte.net   
      
   On Sun, 13 Dec 2015 16:53:35 +1100, Rod Speed wrote:   
      
   > They understand them fine. Its you that doesn’t understand   
   > that the accident stats are completely dominated by the   
   > massive reduction seen due to better roads and more   
   > recently the lack of a need to report all accidents.   
      
   Nope. The *timing* is another issue you have to talk yourself   
   out of.   
      
   The timing of cellphone ownership doesn't show one bit in   
   the data.   
      
   Fancy that.   
      
   So, not only do the *numbers* not show up in the real data,   
   but the timing of the numbers doesn't show up.   
      
   That's two key nails in the coffin of the argument that   
   cellphone ownership has any effect whatsoever on the overall   
   accident rate in the USA.   
      
   Remember, I'm *looking* for good data because "I" believe   
   that there should be *something* (anything!) indicating that   
   cellphone "use" is distracting enough to cause increased   
   accidents.   
      
   However, the good data shows there is no increase in accidents.   
   Nobody can escape seeing the elephant in the room.   
      
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