On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 20:47:34 -0400, tlvp wrote:

... clearly doing something besides driving.

Let me fix that for you: "instead of", not "besides" :-) . Cheers, -- tlvp

I remind folks of the quotes in the OP...

"If using mobile phones is significantly dangerous then we could expect to
see a dramatic increase in traffic accidents in the last decade. In fact,
the reverse is true."

"the dramatic increase in use of mobiles also increases the chance of a
fatal crash occurring when a driver is using a mobile phone (both legally
or illegally) and this may or may not be a causal association."

"While mobile phones are a real distraction in the car and their use can
result in serious accidents, real life accident data indicates that mobile
phone use does not contribute significantly to crashes or fatalities."

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The same is true in the United States, when one looks at *facts*.