Re: State Farm files patent for system to suppress calls and text while driving

On 6/9/24 15:55, Andrew wrote:

bad sector wrote on Sun, 9 Jun 2024 15:41:02 -0400 :

as only one
example hydroplaning 500 feet or more before impact is never cited
either, what is often the blanket attribution is 'loss of control',
period.

 I'm extremely well educated in the science & engineering fields and
therefore I am well aware that certain things can be buried in the
aggregate statistics.
 However...
 If cellphone use while driving is as bad as people say it is, why can they
never find any reliable statistics that back up that myth they spout
(especially when cellphones went from 0% to nearly 100% in cars in only a
handful of years).
 People who are dumb believe in myths (I call it "Bro Science").
People who are smart check the facts.
 Probably one out of a hundred people are smart.
 

  How many reports cite irresponsible tire ads as the cause when
they show cars climbimg walls and cruising on ceilings, something that's
actually possible but not with consumer cars. Of the reports I have seen
maximum about 5% were worth reading.

 Most "tire ads" are bullshit. They play on emotion. And fear.

Of course they are, and stupid people try to drive on them expecting friction that is non-existant i.e. the ads modify their driving behavior. How many of your accident reports cite tire ads as the cause?
Everyone watches tire ads yet there seems to be no increase in accident rates. Accidents and rate changes MUST be correlated else they are just statistical noise plus no one will admit that they were on the phone just before an accident and most won't even be aware that 500 feet earlier they were hydroplaning because they weere on the phone which they will deny anyway.