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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
So why didn't you? And I guess you spend so much time on the road that you can see all the factual data, collision increase/decreases, death reductions and all that jazz. My bad.
The penalty may be some what of the issue but you are always going to have people break the law no matter what the penalty is.
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LMAO, seriously? So why have any traffic laws at all?
Here's some facts for you:
- First large-scale instrumented-vehicle study undertaken with the primary purpose of collecting pre-crash and near-crash naturalistic driving data.
- Nearly 80 percent of all crashes and 65 percent of all near-crashes involved driver inattention (due to distraction, fatigue, or just looking away) just prior to (i.e., within 3 seconds) the onset of the conflict.
- Visual inattention was a contributing factor for 93 percent of rear-end striking crashes.
- (Hand-Held Wireless Devices) Associated with the highest frequency of distraction-related events for both incidents and near-crashes.
http://www.vtti.vt.edu/PDF/100-Car_Fact-Sheet.pdf
But nah, there's no reason to try to do anything about distracted driving.