Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,ca.driving Subject: Re: It's a myth that cellphone use caused the accident rate to rise in the USA Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2024 11:38:45 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 43 Message-ID: References: <3ce32e95-3359-c3f6-7c34-6909bcb82a5b@invalid.nospam> <60kd5jd0t4arfg79vtgs9ss7p5iel29d2t@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2024 13:38:45 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5329a3a384d73d7bda5a164634b46269"; logging-data="2904039"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18tQreRW5TrXF3PgzDygbN4dWX529RCpuQ=" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:l57g2SKv3wVpTSa5PwANP9n4kwM= sha1:DYPCH5dINnrBK2gRiwIGQqcMzxs= Bytes: 3335 Chris wrote: > On 30/05/2024 08:36, Andrew wrote: >> Chris wrote on Thu, 30 May 2024 06:34:27 -0000 (UTC) : >> >>>> Take a look at the accident numbers for the entire world, by country. >>>> >>> >>> If you select "accidents involving casualties" there clearly is a reversal >>> in the downward trend around 2010 in the US. The increasing trend continues >>> until covid and the latest data still shows greater numbers of accidents >>> since 2004. >> >> You don't get it that numbers of accidents isn't a valid metric. >> It's the accident rate that matters since it's normalized properly. > > The numbers have gone up 28% between 2011 and 2016. Do you really > believe that's driven by something else?? > >> Bear in mind accident-rate statistics have been compiled for a hundred >> years and yet you dispute them only because you don't like what they are. >> >> Do you know why you can't find statistics that back up your belief system? >> I do. >> >> They don't exist. >> >> If they did exist, you'd find them. >> And you haven't. > > So taking the data from OECD and normalising by the population and miles > driven data from IIHS, both sources being ones you've recommended, the > accident rate has rapidly increased since 2010. NB: the iphone was > launched in 2007. > https://ibb.co/tpXpCDY > > Still believe the data doesn't exist? So Arlen has been shown to be spreading lies and he's suddenly stopped posting. Hmmm, I wonder why? Give it a few days and he'll be back with a new nym spouting rubbish about something completely different yet the same.