Path: ...!local-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 00:30:00 +0000 Subject: Re: It's a myth that cellphone use caused the accident rate to rise in the USA From: danmin@danminart-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (Danart) Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: newsSync 666118718 References: <3ce32e95-3359-c3f6-7c34-6909bcb82a5b@invalid.nospam> Message-ID: Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 00:30:00 +0000 Lines: 86 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-ITIDyRkIwJI3a7IwSLEYTHiGuW968ZbLO9tYM5ORKTmmnQS88eL8R/Regm8FN/zkB7d/7UuH7dCkmB/!zua4PcOjUXXbLHKzkWWDLIEpDtkPF8Mdgl4EXtqF80zn3MEBzXSnLB4NuH8gkW6by7kD5aSQWi1W!+Q== 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: 3630 X-Original-Lines: 1 > 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. Your inside an accident. Somebody ask you 1) was your phone on. 2) what were you doing with your phone The moment you answer two you have become liable. Your phone could be one like your radio and you could be talking but your eyes have to be on the road. Not facetime, not tv, not xxx. Even if your talking on the phone and your driving the question next would be. 3) what were you talking about. EXAMPLE: My aunt-in-law literally crashed her car head on with a tree and light a blaze. If they check the phone bill how much do we want to bet. A. She was talking with another woman that told her she is having her husbands baby. or B. She was talking with her mother ( the in-law ) who do not like her husband due to his appearance. So imagine if there was no phone. Imagine if she got the news after she came home. Imagine if talking to one of these idiots "made her unbalanced in calculations ( thinking ). ............... My mother drives still and she has become obsessive over TV programs ( Prime, Netflix, Disney+, etc ). Imagine if the phone rings and it displays a message "Emergency please mom pick up". My dad got into an accident one time ( not phone related ) but imagine how much worst it could be. This is a response to the post seen at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=665966706#665966706