On Sunday, August 16, 2015 at 3:55:34 PM UTC-5, trader_4 wrote:
On Sunday, August 16, 2015 at 4:50:14 PM UTC-4, Gareth Magennis wrote:
"ceg" wrote in message ...

On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 16:38:06 +0100, Gareth Magennis wrote:

QUOTE:
In 2014, 1.5 per cent of car drivers in England were observed using a
hand-held mobile phone whilst driving. This is similar to the 1.4 per
cent of car drivers in England observed using a hand-held mobile phone
in 2009 and is not a statistically significant change.
UNQUOTE.

I only mention the USA accident *rate* because we have *reliable* numbers
for the USA, both prior and during the skyrocketing cellphone ownership
rates in the USA.

Do we have reliable accident rate figures for the UK to see if the
cellphone paradox applies to the UK as much as it does to the USA?



Are you not missing the point?

The UK figures seem to suggest that "skyrocketing mobile phone ownership"
does not actually mean that more people are using their phones whilst
driving.

After all, everyone has one now, surely.


Gareth.


IDK what the experience in the UK has been. But I do think
everyone here would agree that in the USA, since the introduction
of cell phones, there has been a large increase in the number
of people using them in cars. So much so, that many states have
made it illegal, including here and I still see plenty of people
doing it. So, I think that premise that CEG's reasoning is
based on is valid.

Since it's illegal in many states drive text and talk , people are going to "LIE" about the cause of an accident unless the police confiscate all cell phones after an accident and examine them and the driver's cell phone records. Statistics are only valid based on the accuracy of the data. Think global warming. 8-)

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