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On 5/30/24 01:06, Andrew wrote:
> sticks wrote on Wed, 29 May 2024 20:31:33 -0500 :
> 
>> The big problem with his ridiculous speculation is calling statistics
>> FACT.
> 
> Adults back up their strongly held belief systems with facts, don't they?

No, facts are the basis of knowledge; meanwhile wishes, suspicions, and 
to some extent statistics are the basis of beliefs. The uninsured, the 
criminals fearing capture, plus most of the low-damage accident actors 
simply do NOT report an accident so that pool is misleading. Once you 
know something it becomes a fact and gets removed from the beliefs 
drawer and conversely until you know something it can be only in the 
beliefs drawer. Nothing can be in both concurrently.

Overall statistical accident rates could only rise due to cell-phone use 
IF all other causes remained fixed; a la-la entry in real life where all 
causes have a dynamic effect so it is quite possible for electronic 
bells and whistles like blind-spot alerts to reduce their part in 
accidents while cell phones increase theirs resulting in no overall 
statistical increase! Furthermore cell-phone use is categorised under 
distractions and that cause is in fact on the rise even if other causes 
are decreasing.


https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/distracted-driving




-- 
All species of mobile phones, media devices, Bluetooth or not, and 
onboard presentation systems beyond what is essential for vehicle 
control should automatically disable themselves within 10 meters of any 
vehicle in motion at any speed. Hands-Free does NOT mean Brain-Free. In 
the case of approaching vehicles (pedestrian use included) that distance 
should be multiplied (prorated) for every 5 km/h of CLOSURE speed (i.e. 
no such device should be operable within 200 meters of any vehicle 
approaching at 100 km/h). Manufacturers of devices in which such an 
automatic lockout feature is missing or can be disabled should first pay 
large fines and then be barred from the jurisdiction market. With 
respect to other road-hog conduct, in addition to intoxication or 
attention-diverting use of lethal-technology while driving, 
brake-checking and tailgating should also be HANGING crimes. Any 
irresponsible vehicle handling should in fact be punished exactly as it 
would be in the case of irresponsible weapons handling (which ALSO needs 
to be beefed up).