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Default They finally found proof texting bans - does it make adifference

On Tue, 19 Jan 2016 22:18:44 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

In the case of the girl killed on the street behind my house, she still
had the phone in her hand. Went into a Ford F250 head on.


I can probably find a case where eating a banana caused an accident
where the driver was found with a banana in her hand.

Your anecdote is just that. An anecdote.
It's "bro science" for the masses.
Not real science.

Read this:
How Anecdotal Evidence Can Undermine Scientific Results
Why subjective anecdotes often trump objective data
http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...tific-results/

Or this:
Seeing is Not Always Believing: Why Anecdotal Evidence is Not Proof
http://osmosis-online.com/2010/01/09...-is-not-proof/