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Personally I think it's bullshit that it's "just as bad or worse than driving drunk". I've seen some of the research on this. I've also seen a lovely episode of "Myth Busters" regarding this topic. Frankly, it's skewed. First of all, I drive better on my cell phone than some people do paying 100% attention. Also, it is no more distracting than singing along with the radio or having a conversation with someone in the seat next to you. So should we outlaw more than one person in the vehicle? Or radios? Especially with loud bass that can prevent people from hearing sirens? Frankly, the only reason there is an increased number of accidents involving cell phone use is because more people have cell phones. The overall number of accidents hasn't been shown to have increased. This means it's likely those people would've been involved in an accident at some point anyhow.
*sigh*
People in the 21st century seem to have completely lost their grip on the concept of causal vs. relational statistics.
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