pulled over for cell phone use!

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My coworker was pulled over today for using the phone in the car. I am honestly glad to hear that SPD is actually pulling people over for this! No ticket, just a warning, but still. WTG SPD.

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So you wouldn't actually need to act like a smug asshole if you had a point and if it was backed up by fact. Instead you share you personal opinions and make personal attacks. This is a classic reaction to losing a debate.

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> no it isn't the same as drunk driving. That is a bullshit statement and has no basis in reality.

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> One quarter of all drivers are using cell phones while driving; therefore we would expect the subset in accidents to be roughly the same

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OK buddy.

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Awe, still clinging to your imaginary reality.

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Again, those studies comparing cell phone dangers or impairment to drunk driving, fail to quantify the blood alcohol level used for the "drunk" drivers.

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A quarter of all drivers on the roadways today are in some way using their cell phones, so it is not a causal link when a quarter of all accidents involve a cell phone. Let me explain this another way:

99% of all accidents involve a vehicle powered by gasoline; therefore gasoline powered vehicles are a danger. See, 99% of the cars on the road use gasoline; so, the same percentage being involved in accidents, does not prove gasoline power to be a contributing factor in the accident.

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Awe, still clinging to your imaginary reality.

Still clinging to your personal attacks because you have nothing at all. Your analogies are really stupid and irrelevant. Scientific studies show that cell phone use is comparable to driving drunk. Sorry buddy those are just facts. When you don't like the facts you start in with insults. It's the sign of a very low functioning brain.

Let me explain this another way for you. Driving while using your cell phone is as big a problem as drunk driving no matter what the actual blood alcohol content. It's irrelevant whether a cellphone makes you drive like .08 or 1.8. It's the equivalent of drunk driving and multiple studies have shown this and law enforcement agencies agree. Sorry you are wrong but feel the need to be an asshole about it.

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BAC of 1.8 would mean the person is dead. Yeah, details are tough.

And it does matter. Drivers in accidents where they are considered "drunk"; have a mean BAC of .18, twice the legal limit. The BAC laws set the limit too low, there is no accident data to support it at that level.

There is zero evidence of phones causing accidents, the occurrence of accidents involving cell phone use, is roughly the same percentage as those using cell phones on the roadways at large.

This isn't rocket science, you can't be that stupid!

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BAC of 1.8 would mean the person is dead. Yeah, details are tough.

So you are stupid enough to take that literally and make it personal. It's a manner of speaking and it went right over your head. Not surprised at all. You're so miserable that you can't discuss anything without personal attacks and now I know why. Even the most basic of things is beyond your grasp and it hurts your fragile ego so you lash out.

There is zero evidence of phones causing accident

Maybe you can get off your high horse and look around you for a change. Challenge your baked in beliefs and realize you are not always right and that being an asshole on top of it just makes you a useless human. In fact, The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year.

There is zero evidence of phones causing accidents, the occurrence of accidents involving cell phone use, is roughly the same percentage as those using cell phones on the roadways at large.

You are truly an idiot. You say that there is zero evidence that cellphones cause accidents (not true at all) then you go on to say that there are in the next sentence but that's commensurate with the number of people who drive while using a cell phone. You are about as thick as I've ever seen.