XPost: comp.mobile.android, comp.mobile.ipad   
   From: liamoconnor@example.com   
      
   On Sat, 01 Mar 2014 15:52:17 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
      
   > Cellphone use while driving is DEFINITELY causing SOME accidents.   
   > There's no question about it. Whether or not it's some massive increase   
   > isn't really relevant, and any way to decrease the number of accidents   
   > is a good thing - if that means adding another law to the list of   
   > things you can't do while driving, then so be it.   
      
   I respect your opinion and I understand your point.   
      
   Your point, paraphrased, is that a distracted driver can cause   
   an accident, which would not otherwise have occurred had that   
   driver not been distracted.   
      
   My point is that we have had a massive increase in cellphone   
   use, from 0% to nearly 100% (YourName excepted) in only a few   
   years.   
      
   If cellphone use causes accidents, should't we see a correspondingly   
   *massive* increase in accidents?   
      
   Or, is it that only *some* people are distracted by cellphone   
   use, with the rest of us being just as prudent with as without?   
      
   It reminds me of the "baby on board" signs. It always seemed to me   
   that people with those signs were, in effect, saying "I have my   
   precious little poo poo in my car so YOU should drive more carefully   
   around me".   
      
   Whenever I see those signs, I think they should be tattooed on the   
   forehead of the person owning those babies, because THEY are the   
   ones who need to drive safely when precious little poo poo is in   
   the car.   
      
   The rest of us drive safely whether or not there is a baby in   
   the car in front of us.   
      
   Same argument for cell phones I think needs to be considered.   
      
   It seems that if the number of accidents hasn't risen massively   
   in the same time that cellphone use has risen massively, then a   
   perfectly logical conclusion is that some people will get into   
   accidents no matter what is in their hands.   
      
   If that's the case, how are you going to legistlate that?   
      
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