XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 9/5/2022 3:33 am, Alan wrote:   
   > On 2022-05-08 8:46 a.m., Andy Burnelli wrote:   
   >> Andy Burnelli wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Intuition is a terrible thing.   
   >>   
   >> Don't even get me started on the "cellphones cause accidents"   
   >> intuition, by   
   >> the way, as monkeys intuit all sorts of stuff that doesn't show up in   
   >> independent statistics outside {police,insurance,law} politics.   
   >>   
   >> If someone wants to claim "cellphones cause accidents", I only ask   
   >> them for   
   >> one fact, which they never can produce... and which is the only fact that   
   >> matters.   
   >>   
   >> Marketing and politics takes advantage of people's emotions & intuition.   
   >   
   > This isn't marketing.   
   >   
   > It's quite obvious logic.   
   >   
   > Reading text messages is not something you want people to be doing while   
   > driving.   
   >   
   > Writing them on a tiny smartphone onscreen keyboard is insane.   
   >   
   > Handsfree phone use with your smart assistant reading messages...   
   >   
   > ...sure, that's safe enough.   
      
   It is still a *distraction* from the primary function the driver should   
   be focussed on - driving.   
      
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