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by muckrakerz 2606 days ago
Using your radio has been shown to be just as distracting or more distracting yet we allow that. Their is no data presented in the article that shows any even attempted casualty. For example, they note that usage of devices is up and yet fatalities are down: https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/us-dot-announces-2017-r...

And lest anyone claim this is due to safety items like advanced airbags, that same article shows _pedestrian_ fatalities are also down.

Now this could be for a host of factors. But the article isn't anything other than a scare fest and a reminder that anyone from FB talking about potential privacy issues should be shamed into silence.