XPost: comp.mobile.ipad, comp.mobile.android   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article   
   , Liam   
   O'Connor  wrote:   
      
   > > So your solution is to change nothing. Got it.   
   >   
   > You have to remember, there are already a dozen or so laws that legislate   
   > unsafe driving (e.g., reckless driving, unsafe lane changes, crossing the   
   > imaginary barrier, speeding, unsafe weaving, not staying in your lane,   
   > etc.), each of which probably contributes to an accident in one out of a   
   > few thousand cases.   
   >   
   > (That is, you can make an unsafe lane change about a thousand times before   
   > it causes an accident - these are guesstimates to help you understand the   
   > point that we already legistlate possibly unsafe actions.)   
   >   
   > Would adding another two dozen laws for specific acts where only one in   
   > five hundred thousand cause an accident make any difference?   
      
   it won't make a difference at all because there are several already   
   existing laws under which one can be cited. there's no need for more   
   laws.   
      
   > (Here, I assume using a cellphone to make a phone call contributes to   
   > acccidents in something like one out of a half-million cases.)   
      
   it's not as often as the nannies want you to think.   
      
   > We can argue about the statisticks, but the answer is obvious.   
      
   except to those who have nothing but emotional arguments.   
      
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