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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: It's a myth that cellphone use caused the accident rate to rise
 in the USA
Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 08:10:07 -0700
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On 2024-05-25 07:29, Andrew wrote:
> How many of you are scientists; how many of you are morons?
> 
> It's a myth that cellphone use caused the accident rate to rise in the USA
> 
> The only place that myth exists is in stupid people's minds,
> since the main proponents of the myth are those with money to gain,
> namely (a) injury lawyers, (b) insurance companies & (c) ticketing police.
> 
> In the accurate US Census Bureau records, what do you see happening to the
> accident rate before, during and after the meteoric rise in cellphone
> ownership in the United States?
>   <https://www.google.com/search?q=us+census+accident+rate+statistics+by+year>
> 
> What do you see?
>   <https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2010/compendia/statab/130ed/tables/11s1102.pdf>
> 
> Look at first-order effects, i.e., the accident rate per year.
>   <https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/yearly-snapshot>
> 
> What do you see happening to the rate during skyrocketing cellphone days?
>   <https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/historical-fatality-trends/deaths-and-rates/>
> 
> HINT: US Accident rates trending down were wholly unaffected by cellphones.

You really know nothing about statistics...