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

On 30/05/2024 08:36, Andrew wrote:

Chris wrote on Thu, 30 May 2024 06:34:27 -0000 (UTC) :
 

Take a look at the accident numbers for the entire world, by country.
<https://data.oecd.org/transport/road-accidents.htm>

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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 greater numbers of accidents
since 2004.

 You don't get it that numbers of accidents isn't a valid metric.
It's the accident rate that matters since it's normalized properly.

The numbers have gone up 28% between 2011 and 2016. Do you really believe that's driven by something else??

Bear in mind accident-rate statistics have been compiled for a hundred
years and yet you dispute them only because you don't like what they are.
 Do you know why you can't find statistics that back up your belief system?
I do.
 They don't exist.
 If they did exist, you'd find them.
And you haven't.

So taking the data from OECD and normalising by the population and miles driven data from IIHS, both sources being ones you've recommended, the accident rate has rapidly increased since 2010. NB: the iphone was launched in 2007.
https://ibb.co/tpXpCDY
Still believe the data doesn't exist?