On 19/01/2016 07:41, Vlad Lescovitz wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 11:44:05 -0800, Jack Black wrote:

Finally, after years of looking, they found proof that texting causes
accidents!

You are confused.
They couldn't find any direct relationship to accidents whatsoever!
Says so right in the article.
They were grasping at straws trying to find something (anything) related.

Nope. They tested explicitly whether certain factors affected car crash
related hospitalisations. The texting ban as well as seatbelt laws had a
significant effect in reducing hospitalisations.

All of which makes perfect sense. The original article is he
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi...PH.2014.302537