Paul M. Cook wrote
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.

You can certainly find plenty that were due to someone
actually stupid enough to eat while driving.

Your anecdote is just that. An anecdote.

Wrong, its a fact.

It's "bro science" for the masses.
Not real science.

Wrong, as always.

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

Even sillier than you usually manage.

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

Ditto.