http://www.distraction.gov/downloads/pdfs/Distracted_Driving_2013_Research_note.pdf
Government’s own data:
2010:
5,419,000 crashes total, 30,296 fatal crashes, 2993 due to distracted drivers, 366 fatal crashes involving cell phones.
Of total crashes, chance of being killed in an accident involving a cell phone: 7/1000ths of 1 percent, or, 0.0000675
2011:
Same numbers, 5,338,009 / 29,867 / 3047 / 354
Of total accidents, chance of being killed in an accident involving a cell phone: 7/1000ths of 1 percent, or, 0.0000663
2012
5,615,000 / 31,006 / 3098 / 380
Of total accidents, chances of being killed in an accident involving a cell phone: 7/1000ths of 1 percent, or, 0.0000676
2013
5,687,000 / 30,057 / 2910 / 411
Of total accidents, chances of being killed in an accident involving a cell phone: 7/1000ths of 1 percent, or, 0.0000722
All these odds presume that you were in an accident in any given year. Chance of being killed in an accident involving a cell phone if you aren’t in any accidents in a given year? 0.00000
Pretty consistent numbers year over year.
The government is trying to tell a story with its statistics.
How about he comes here to Memphis to catch all the cops driving and texting?
I don't think he quite has that whole undercover thing down yet . . .
Maryland "Freak State" DANG!
I’m more interested in how much he collected. I’ve noticed that people that complain the most about “the homeless” are the same ones that enable them by making their standing (or sitting) out in the breeze worth the rewards.
I don’t know if this is sad or funny, but quite often when dining out we see a nice young couple that by appearances they look like they are made for each other.
The problem is they do not talk or even give eye contact to the other. Both are glued to their phones texting, the whole meal barely taking time out to eat.
How can you develop a relationship if you ignore your partner?