Posted on 12/25/2005 3:13:57 AM PST by Libloather
So do I. I just get perplexed with an author avers a thesis in the title, and then the body no only doesn't give any support to the thesis, but barely even addresses it.
Journalism isn't what it used to be!
Nope! In fact, I doubt it ever was what it used to be! :-)
When the OTHER drivers fire THEIR phones up to report it!!!
it is enforced, they give out an astounding number fo tickets for that.
"I would imagine the number of accidents involving cell phones is hugely underreported"
--- Actually, they are probably OVER stated for because the nanny state has determined that cell phones are bad. (I've not commenting on whether or not they actually are).
Remember the gov't induced panic about having a cell phone at a gas station. The studies were later proven to be bogus, but it is still illegal in certain states to have a cell phone on at a gas pump.
The way the statistics are collected is slanted to over reporting of cell phone as a contributing cause. I was parked, engine stopped, out of my car putting money in the meter when a driver going the wrong way on a one way street swerved to avoid oncoming traffic resulting in hitting my parked car. Because I had a cell phone, the incident is listed on the official police report as a "moving vehicle accident involving a cell phone."
You ignore the rules you want (speed limit) and I'll ignore the rules I want to.
Enjoy your passive-agressiveness. I assure you, others don't.
I've already admitted that men are probably more dangerous drivers than women. I'm merely saying that as far as I've observed, women seem to do the most talking on cellphones while driving. I in no way exculpate men from quite a bit of criminally insane driving.
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