On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 22:03:11 -0500, Muggles wrote:

What if the same character flaw exists in people that not only
contributes to them being drunk drives, but also contributes to being
more easily distracted while driving?

This was brought up before as a possible solution to the paradox.

Basically, what it says is that dumb****s will have accidents no
matter what.

So, before cellphones existed, a certain percentage of dumb****s
had a certain (presumably large) percentage of the accidents. And,
after cellphone ownership skyrocketed, those same dumb****s (or
their direct descendents) *still* have a certain large percentage
of the accidents.

At least that dumb****-are-dumb****s explanation solves the paradox.