Re: How will the police find me.

Andrew <andrew@spam.net> wrote:

Chris wrote on Mon, 27 May 2024 13:17:56 -0000 (UTC) :
 

Not your cherished accident data. There's no data since 2008.

 
Plenty of statistics on road accidents are current, Chris.
 <https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/historical-fatality-trends/deaths-and-rates/>

You keep conflating accidents with deaths/injuries. You've stated before
that *accidents* are what matter, which I agree with. However, the majority
of data is about accidents that cause injuries which I'd argue is pretty
reliable.

The main problem is simply that the information is scattered about.
 <https://www.statista.com/topics/3708/road-accidents-in-the-us/#topicOverview>
 <https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/2020-traffic-crash-data-fatalities>
 <https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/nhtsa-releases-2020-traffic-crash-data>

That's not the data you're looking for...

While the data is in various and sundry separate pieces...
 <https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813183>
 
The only bounding dates that really matter for this topic are these two:
a. When did cellphones in vehicles basically not exist.
b. When did cellphones rise nearly to saturation in vehicles.
 
If cellphone use were as dastardly as the claims, there should be a
meteoric rise in the accident rate during that period, right?

You claim the be a "well experienced scientist". Where's your hypothesis,
the model you're testing and an assessment of which data are most suitable
for testing your hypothesis? Currently, your question is poorly framed.

Where is that meteoric rise?
 <https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics/2007/pdf/fi200.pdf>
 
Hint: It's not there.

As a scientist you will know that absence of evidence is not evidence of
absence. In other words, just because you cannot see it doesn't mean
*that's proof* of it not happening. It can just as well mean you've got the
wrong data or model.

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 greatest numbers of accidents
since 2004.

What do you see in those accident statistics for the time periods of
before, during, and after the meteoric rise in cellphone ownership?

I don't see what you claim to be true.

Nobody has yet found any statistic that backs up the myth.

Except the one you shared above.