The cellphone paradox - where are all the accidents?

[rbowman]

On 08/25/2015 07:30 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:

What if you are mutant with three feet? Then you could operate the brake,
clutch, and accelerator independently. It would make waltzing easier too.

To say nothing of driving a Model T.

 

[G. Morgan]

ceg wrote:

If you have more complete government tables for "accidents" (not deaths,
but "ACCIDENTS"), please post them since the accidents don't seem to exist
but, if cellphone distracted driving is hazardous (which I would think it
is), then they must be there, somewhere, hidden in the data.

There is probably no check box on the form for cops to check "distracted
cell phone user" on the report. As if the cop would know the cause
anyway...

As long as you're agreeing that phones & text don't mix, that's one less
driver I have to worry about


--

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety,
deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Ben Franklin

 

[G. Morgan]

ceg wrote:

So, we really have two extremely reliable components of the paradox.
a. Cellphone ownership has been going explosively up in the USA,
b. All the while *accidents* have been going down.

There are dozens of other factors contributing to the decrease in
"accidents" (I call them collisions because 'accident' implies nothing
could have prevented the collision).

Better roads, smarter cars that brake automatically, awareness of the
danger lead to conditioning people beinf boy "as" st - plus the high
fines associaed with talking in an active school zone,
--

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety,
deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Ben Franklin

 

[Trevor Wilson]

On 23/08/2015 10:37 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:

On 8/22/2015 7:19 PM, Ashton Crusher wrote:
It's been less than a week and we're almost up to 500 messages. Should
I start a "left foot braking thread"???





On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 06:10:23 +0000 (UTC), ceg
curt.guldenschuh@gmail.com> wrote:

The cellphone paradox - where are all the accidents?

The Fermi Paradox is essentially a situation where we "assume" something
that "seems obvious"; but, if that assumption is true, then something
else
"should" be happening. But it's not.

Hence, the paradox.


Such is the cellphone paradox.

Does braking with the left foot increase the
risk of accidents?

**The left foot is for the clutch.

Sheesh!



--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

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[MJC]

In article <d46mvfF43kpU1@mid.individual.net>,
trevor@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au says...

**The left foot is for the clutch.

Sheesh!

Darwinism?

Mike.

 

he parked his car.

nnnnnn

obviously not true....significant cultural shifts in perception, buying, activities...revolutionary.

look again.

 

[M.A. Stewart]

Trevor Wilson (trevor@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au) writes:

On 23/08/2015 10:37 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
On 8/22/2015 7:19 PM, Ashton Crusher wrote:
It's been less than a week and we're almost up to 500 messages. Should
I start a "left foot braking thread"???





On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 06:10:23 +0000 (UTC), ceg
curt.guldenschuh@gmail.com> wrote:

The cellphone paradox - where are all the accidents?

The Fermi Paradox is essentially a situation where we "assume" something
that "seems obvious"; but, if that assumption is true, then something
else
"should" be happening. But it's not.

Hence, the paradox.


Such is the cellphone paradox.


Does braking with the left foot increase the
risk of accidents?



**The left foot is for the clutch.

Sheesh!



--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

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If 'Brockie' was driving FAST at Bathurst, in a front wheel
drive car, with a manual transmission... he would have been
'left foot braking' at times! 100% guaranteed!


--
"Brockie's my hero" The Holden hoons credo.

 

[rbowman]

On 08/26/2015 03:50 PM, M.A. Stewart wrote:

If 'Brockie' was driving FAST at Bathurst, in a front wheel
drive car, with a manual transmission... he would have been
'left foot braking' at times! 100% guaranteed!

Only if he never mastered heel-and-toe...

 

[M.A. Stewart]

JR (dhiaduit@gmail.com) writes:

On Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 11:48:09 PM UTC-5, rbowman wrote:
On 08/26/2015 03:50 PM, M.A. Stewart wrote:

If 'Brockie' was driving FAST at Bathurst, in a front wheel
drive car, with a manual transmission... he would have been
'left foot braking' at times! 100% guaranteed!


Only if he never mastered heel-and-toe...

Brockie had 'heel-and-toe' mastered when he was a nine-year old. The
first front-wheel drive car he drove FAST, he had 'left foot braking'
mastered in about nine minutes. Hell, when he got out the car he
was probably speaking fluent Finnish, without a trace of an Oz accent.

And then somebody invented the Hill Holder device for cars and trucks.

--
"Brockie's my hero" The Holden hoons credo.

 

On 27 Aug 2015 21:18:22 GMT, cf005@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (M.A. Stewart)
wrote:

JR (dhiaduit@gmail.com) writes:
On Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 11:48:09 PM UTC-5, rbowman wrote:
On 08/26/2015 03:50 PM, M.A. Stewart wrote:

If 'Brockie' was driving FAST at Bathurst, in a front wheel
drive car, with a manual transmission... he would have been
'left foot braking' at times! 100% guaranteed!


Only if he never mastered heel-and-toe...


Brockie had 'heel-and-toe' mastered when he was a nine-year old. The
first front-wheel drive car he drove FAST, he had 'left foot braking'
mastered in about nine minutes. Hell, when he got out the car he
was probably speaking fluent Finnish, without a trace of an Oz accent.



And then somebody invented the Hill Holder device for cars and trucks.

Left foot braking a front drive vehicle in competition can allow the
driver to hang the rear end out like a rear driver. Generally it is
done with the hand brake - but on a SAAB the hand brake operates on
the front wheels - so jabbing the brake with the left foot while the
right is firmly planted on the "loud pedal" can break the rear wheels
loose, allowing them to slide, shortening the turning radius
significantly.