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

Newyana2 wrote on Tue, 28 May 2024 09:23:55 -0400 :

   So... you're saying it's fine to yap on your cellphone
while driving -- or even while taming lions or mountain climbing --
because accidents are directly connected to low intelligence.
And you're most decidedly not a moron. You're a genius, by
virtue of your science degree.
  And you're also a fatalist? All accidents are predestined. And
somehow destiny has ruled that scientists don't get into accidents.
Rather, accidents are Fate's way of punishing dumb people.
 
   That helps explain why you think that it's not dumb to ride a
motorcycle: You have a science degree that prevents you from
being hit by a truck. Now that you've clarified your logic, even
halfwits like me can understand it.

The only claim I'm making is that it's a myth that the cellphone saturation
rates going from 0% to nearly 100% in a few years had any measurable effect
on the accident rate trend in each of the 50 states in the United States.

That's simply a fact.

If people don't like that fact, they can cite some other reliable agency
other than the US Census Bureau who reports US normalized accident rates.

They can also cite accident rates year over year in other countries.
 <https://data.oecd.org/transport/road-accidents.htm>

Notice that the common myth isn't only unsupported in the United States.
But you won't click on any of these reference links, now will you.