XPost: comp.mobile.ipad, comp.mobile.android   
   From: liamoconnor@example.com   
      
   On Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:03:14 -0500, nospam wrote:   
      
   > 1.3 million crashes may sound like a lot, but out of over 4 trillion   
   > passenger miles (2011 numbers), it's rather low.   
      
   I don't disagree with you (nospam) that the numbers quoted,   
   while astoundingly high, must be taken with a grain of salt.   
      
   However, if they're true ... meaningfully true that is, then   
   that would be a game changer.   
      
   What I'd like to see is this huge jump in traffic accidents,   
   not just accidents where a cell phone was found to be in the   
   vehicle (or in use at the time).   
      
   If, as the statistic quoted suggests, cell phone use is a   
   large contributor to accidents, then we should see a correspondingly   
   large additional number of accidents.   
      
   I do not know if that is the case, but, certainly deaths and   
   injuries are lowering. But what I'd like to see is the number   
   of accidents before cell phones versus the number of accidents   
   after cell phones.   
      
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