On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 23:23:48 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
https://www.edgarsnyder.com/car-acci...nt/cell-phone/
cell-phone-statistics.html
"1 out of every 4 car accidents in the United States is caused by
texting and driving."
Jeff, we know each other for years over the net, and I know you to be a
very data-based person.
Here's the paradox.
1. You and I believe that distracted driving can easily cause accidents.
2. Cellphone ownership has gone explosively up in the USA.
3. But, accidents have not.
That's the paradox.
A. We can *assume* that driving while using cellphones has gone up.
B. We can also *assume* that distracted driving is dangerous.
C. Unfortunately, distracted driving statistics are atrociously
inaccurate.
Yet, the paradox remains because actual accident statistics are
*extremely reliable*.
So, we really have two extremely reliable components of the paradox.
a. Cellphone ownership has been going explosively up in the USA,
b. All the while *accidents* have been going down.
Hence, the paradox.
Where are all the accidents?