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In my opinion that's a terrible attempt at statistical analysis, with all due respect of coarse.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
Now this is being sold as an attempt to keep our roads safe. A noble cause indead.
But are the dangers of cell phone usage exaggerated?
I did a two minutes Google search for some stats and the results are kinda interesting.
This covers deaths in crashes.
www.iihs.org...
The stats start in 1975 and go to 2016.
There was 39k wrecks in 1975.
Then 37k wrecks in 2016.
Deaths didn't deviate much either.
The numbers bounced around in the years between but not drastically.
I'm having trouble finding not fatal stats to compare. There are more cars on the road today than 40 years ago and higher speed limits so the numbers should be higher but I'm still looking.
Opinions?
www.edgarsnyder.com...
The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year.
Nearly 390,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by texting while driving.
1 out of every 4 car accidents in the United States is caused by texting and driving.
Texting while driving is 6x more likely to cause an accident than driving drunk.
Since the statistics you linked were on fatalities and not collisions then we don't know if the number of crashes have increased or not. Nor do we know the number of fatalities, or collisions, that have been reduced due to safety features, visibility and road conditions. This may very well have been greatly decreased yet offset by distracted drivers.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: Devino
I didn't claim any conclusions.
I mearly pointed out that there has not been a major jump in collisions or deaths since the use has increased by leaps and bounds.
www.statista.com...
In 2015, there were some 6.3 million fatal, injury, and property damage crashes that occurred in the U.S. alone.
You forgot "making waffles". It's always nice to bring your 12v waffle iron on those long trips.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
I question whether or not it is more distracting than a GPS or playing with a radio or eating a hamburger.
My guess is that there is. We just need to find to the correct statistics that can reflect a potential increase, or decrease. I also think that annual statistics would show changes in collisions due to cell phone use laws and awareness.
With all the cell phones today there should be a huge increase in collisions.
originally posted by: ignorant_ape
the obvious flaw is - passengers are permitted unlimited // unrestricted use of cellphones in a moving vehicle