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Default The cellphone paradox - where are all the accidents?
On Tue, 18 Aug 2015 21:27:48 -0700, Ashton Crusher wrote:

As a result of miles driven going up, and all other things remaining
the same such as how safely people drive, the NUMBER of accidents WILL
go up, even thought in actuality, nothing has changed in the safety
sphere.

I agree that the accident RATE is what's important.
Not number of accidents, nor injuries or fatalities.

The first order problem is simply the accident rate.
Any good data that focuses objectively on the accident RATE is good data.

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