Re: It's a myth that cellphone use caused the accident rate to rise in the USA

On 5/29/2024 1:05 AM, Andrew wrote:

Nobody has yet found any statistic that backs up the myth.
There's a reason for that fact.
 

   You, yourself found statistics that you posted in the other
thread:
https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/yearly-snapshot
   An insurance company survey that found at least 11% of fatal
accidents are directly cause by cellphone usage. You can change your
definition of the "myth" to adjust to the data, but the obvious facts
remain: Cellphone use while driving is distracting, dangerous, and
causes accidents. On a less tragic level it's also anti-social. Cellphone
users are depending on attentive drivers to prevent accidents.
   There's a basic requirement of citizenship in modern society that
people need to pull their own weight. Otherwise civility can't last.
There needs to be a recognition of basic common decency. Part of
that is to pay attention while driving and not make other people
pay attention for you.
   Fortunately, cellphone use while driving is increasingly being outlawed.
Unfortunately, it's not easy to catch talking or texting drivers, and
probably most of the cops who should be doing it are on their own
cellphones. They'd much rather sit and relax on the side of the road,
talking to friends while they run scam speeding traps. For a simple
reason: Radar guns provide easy proof of speeding. Catching people
on cellphones is work.