On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 04:23:56PM -0800, Christopher Allen wrote: >THE ROLE OF DRIVER DISTRACTION IN CRASHES: AN ANALYSIS OF 1995-1999 >CRASHWORTHINESS DATA SYSTEM DATA.
Nice! Thanks for the stats... So, if I understand this correctly, roughly up to .4% of car accidents are related to distraction caused by cell phones, while roughly 4% are caused by events or objects outside the vehicle (4% of 12.5% of accidents, 29% of 12.5%). Nice to have some good, hard facts... I'm going to take my other reply off-list because it's really straying from linux. While technology distracting people from the task at hand and causing injuries is a continued concern, I think it's a bit off-topic. If anyone would like to join in on it, let me know and I can send the discussion thus far, or come up with a list if there's really interest... Sean -- Today's robots are very primitive, capable of understanding only a few simple instructions such as 'go left', 'go right', and 'build car'. -- John Sladek Sean Reifschneider, Inimitably Superfluous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> tummy.com - Linux Consulting since 1995. Qmail, KRUD, Firewalls, Python
