On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 19:00:40 +0000, Frank Slootweg wrote:

And *texting* - *which is the subject of this thread* - (and similar
use) is a distraction which is *incomparable* to *any* other
distraction, because the length in time of the distraction is *much*
longer.

Nobody ever said texting wasn't distracting.
Just like nobody ever said crying babies (and a million other things)
wasn't distracting.

And, nobody ever said distractions can contribute to accidents.

Yet ... you take those true statements and contort them to fit
a reality that only exists in your confused mind.

Think logically for once!

I could leave meat outside, and it would attract a few flies, but
I could leave rotten meat outside, and it would attract MORE flies!

Neither one of those means that spontaneous generation occurred.

You can see cellphones as distracting when people talk on them, but
you can see them as even more distracting (rotten) when people text.

Neither one means that cellphone use is causing more accidents!

You see that as proof of spontaneous generation ... ummm... I mean,
you see that as proof that cellphone use while driving is causing
accidents.

Yet, even you can't find those accidents.
Yet, your entire argument *hinges* on those accidents being there.

Worse ... that (huuuuuuuuuge!) logic discrepancy causes you no concern?