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   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   Paul M. Cook  wrote   
   > Rod Speed wrote   
      
   >> You don’t know that tens of thousands are actually   
   >> stupid enough to talk on their phone while driving.   
      
   >> ALL you know is that most do own a cellphone now.   
      
   > I never said otherwise.   
      
   I never said you did.   
      
   > Nobody has good data on how many   
   > people are *using* them while driving   
      
   But we do know that a hell of a lot fewer   
   of them are doing that than when walking   
   around by simple observation.   
      
   > (although there was tons of essentially   
   > useless anecdotal testimony in this thread).   
      
   > The fact remains, if cellphones are as dangerous   
   > as the studies propose, and if people are using   
   > them in any appreciable way while driving,   
      
   You don’t know that many are that stupid.   
      
   > then the accidental rate must rise precipitously.   
      
   ONLY if many actually are stupid enough to use them when driving.   
      
   > That the accident rate shows nothing, simply means that   
   > what many think is happening, isn't happening at all.   
      
   Or that fuck all are actually stupid enough to use their phones while   
   driving.   
      
   > That's all I ever said.   
      
   You in fact said a hell of a lot more than just that.   
      
   > I base my statements on observation of good data.   
      
   There is no good DATA on how many are actually   
   stupid enough to use their phones while driving   
   or how many only do that when its safe to do that.   
      
   > Just like you do.   
      
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