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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: It's a myth that cellphone use caused the accident rate to rise
 in the USA
Date: 1 Jun 2024 23:02:35 GMT
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On 2024-06-01, Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
> Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> 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.  <https://data.oecd.org/transport/road-accidents.htm>
>>>> 
>>>> 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. 

He's probably in the low phase of his current manic episode. 

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