XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android
From: not-for-mail@ahjg.co.uk
On Sun, 13 Dec 2015 02:30:50 -0500, "Paul M. Cook" wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Dec 2015 15:50:06 +1100, Rod Speed wrote:
>
>> Yes, but you don’t even have to report all accidents to the
>> cops here anymore, so those stats just aren't available even
>> if there was some way to separate the accidents which had
>> been caused by using the phone while driving from those
>> where that wasn’t happening in any of the cars involved.
>
> Here, in California, by law, you must report any accident
> that has something like $700 damage (last I checked).
>
> That means if *either* party (it doesn't matter whose car!)
> doesn't report the accident, there is a penalty (I don't
> know how high).
>
> Besides, all accidents that require insurance are reported,
> just as all accidents that require police are reported.
>
> That makes for pretty good numbers.
What are "accidents that require insurance"?
Operating (i.e driving, riding or parking) a motor vehicle on a roadway
requires financial responsibility, usually fulfilled by insurance, but no
accident leads to the requirement that an involved vehicle operator makes an
insurance claim.
Accident reporting requirements are stated formally here:
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/vctop/vc/d7/c1/a1/16000 and
informally on the reverse of California DMV Form SR1 here:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&
ad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwii8MKssdnJAhXERSYKHefRCGsQFggfMAA&url=h
tps%3A%2F%2Fwww.dmv.ca.gov%2Fportal%2Fdmv%2Fforms%2Fforms%2Fsr%2
sr1.pdf&usg=AFQjCNFAVPSnVAnN2twd_tAOobowS29SRA
> Those number are a *lot* better than the purported "cellphone
> involved" numbers, which, we can all agree, are heinously
> inaccurate.
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