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Old 06-10-2014, 06:01 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Um, yeah. I'm calling BS on that.

http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811737.pdf

2011 data, NHTSA reports a total of ~33,000 traffic fatalities.
Of that, 3300 are caused by "distracted driving".
Of that, only 12% were distracted by cell phones.
Yes, NHTSA reports show that 385 fatalities were caused by cell phone use in 2011.

That's 1% of traffic fatalities in the US.

1%.

Texting while driving is a bad idea. But it's hardly the epidemic it's claimed to be. And if you look at injuries, it's about the same (2.2million injuries, 21000 from texting. Less than 1%).
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