Path: ...!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2024 19:41:02 +0000 Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2024 15:41:02 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird From: bad sector Subject: Re: State Farm files patent for system to suppress calls and text while driving Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android,misc.phone.mobile.iphone References: <7b9e8ad3d9acb56777d5d492610334c8@dizum.com> Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Lines: 26 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-li7GUw/YnzS0hd/anW7pGaFAZftdHraRD6fREYEzVeA+L6+yS+wzKxK7Pb9X5TTE0ZUMLGejpDpOne4!DLKaLSNgRAPyRvpyEcmfuAqIi2fahlAy5G2Di4HvMLKko5CbLdCowjLpTpaaUyPu1Mp4CCZUVTU= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2712 On 6/9/24 15:07, Andrew wrote: > bad sector wrote on Sun, 9 Jun 2024 15:02:21 -0400 : > >> OK, I should have said laws & enforcement which I postulate is what is >> normaly meant by 'laws'. There are laws against drug trafficking too but >> nothing will change until you start shooting dealers on capture. $5000 >> fines for tailgating, brake-checking or cellphone use could produce >> miracles within months. > > It wouldn't change accident rates nor fatalities, but it might statically > decrease the length of hospital stays after an accident by a few hours. > > We covered this long ago in gory detail, so I'm not even going to look it > up as people who believe in myths will always believe in myths, sans facts. You are fixating on accident rates which are meaningless; as only one example hydroplaning 500 feet or more before impact is never cited either, what is often the blanket attribution is 'loss of control', period. How many reports cite irresponsible tire ads as the cause when they show cars climbimg walls and cruising on ceilings, something that's actually possible but not with consumer cars. Of the reports I have seen maximum about 5% were worth reading.