Bob J Jones wrote:
In news wrote:

I like that one. Yet most states still allow cellphones
while driving. Last week I was sitting in a park watching
a young father halfheartedly throw a football with his
son, probably about 7. The father was on the phone
the whole time, treating the game of catch as a
"manageable distraction". I suppose he probably
would have said he was "multitasking" if I'd asked him,
but it seems unlikely he was even aware of what he
was doing.

Hi Mayayana,

Q: Where are the accidents?
A: They don't exist.

Warning: OFF TOPIC!
I only speak fact.

I'm posting this because I like you and because I respect you.

So I am posting this FACT as one adult to another.

I realize this is completely off topic, where, as you know, I try to stay
on topic because I ask questions that have technical answers and then I
leave, so I don't use the chitchat model of Usenet that most others use (I
use the Q&A model).

While I agree with you on the father:son football catch, that he should
give his undivided attention to his child, and I too found the guiding
hands punchlines hilarious, I have to point out to you a FACT.

Yup. A fact.

Just like intuition doesn't work with quantum mechanics, intuition doesn't
work with accident rate statistics either.

The fact is that nobody on this entire planet (and, trust me, everyone has
looked) can find any relationship whatsoever (up, down, or otherwise) in
the overall accident rate in each of the 50 states of the USA (together or
separately) to the absolutely astoundingly utterly huge explosion in
cellphone ownership rates

Oh god, not this chestnut! I showed you clear data when you were called
"Paul", but you just weasel excuses.

The data does exist and it does show that distracted drivers are more
dangerous and that there has been an increase in hospitalizations/deaths
since the introduction of mobile phones. It is hard to see because there
has been a drastic drop in the overall rate caused by other safety
improvements with cars.

However, there's no point discussing this with you because your "facts"
(aka opinions) don't gel with reality.

End of story.