In Auto Accidents caused by talking on their cell phones, why do people still do it?
2006-08-12 05:25:29 · 13 answers · asked by framer_larry 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
Because many people think "it wont happen to me" and they could not give a toss about other road users and pedestrians and children
Unfortunatly
2006-08-12 14:30:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason people still smoke, ride motorcycles without helmets, drive after drinking, & engage in other risky behavior. They believe the risk is low.
And it is. Your premise is shaky. In 2002 a Harvard Center for Risk Analysis said the number of US fatal accidents involving cell phones could be from 800 to 8,000, per year, a variable so wide as to suggest there is no reliable information. Nevertheless people start to quote such ephemeral statistics & soon it becomes "common knowledge" that "thousands" of deaths are involved.
The known facts suggest the real figures are even below HCRA's lowest guesstimate. The US has been averaging about 42,000 traffic fatalities a year. The State of California's, drivers rack up about 10% of all US traffic deaths. The year before the HCRA's publication (2002) the State of California released an actual statistic, based on information provided by their crash investigators. They said a total of 31 accident deaths could be attributable in part to cell phone usage. If we extrapolate that out we are dealing with closer to 300 some deaths involving cell phone usage nationwide.
2006-08-12 05:53:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything in life carries a risk. People die in cars when they are not talking on their phones, so why do people drive at all?
The answer:
We have lives to lead and risks associated with them have to be weighed and decisions made. Some people think its a risk worth taking. Life is a series of risks, we takes risks stepping out of the shower on to a tiled floor, risks crossing the road, risks are everywhere.
2006-08-12 05:33:33 · answer #3 · answered by Publicist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same reason why people still drink and drive.. some people have no respect for themselves or others and think that "it wont happen to them" until they wipe out a whole car load leaving a little baby with no parents or siblings...
2006-08-12 06:02:28 · answer #4 · answered by monie99701 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Judge for yourself.
How many answers here seem like people that value their lives?
These are the same people who get into autos and drive like maniacs.
Statistics don't lie.
You are right on!
2006-08-12 09:51:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cause it is convient. And accidents are not only caused by cell phones they are caused by idiots in every for and fashions.
2006-08-12 05:30:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That sir is the million dollar question, I am with you on this all the way great question no good answer
2006-08-12 19:05:27 · answer #7 · answered by Mechanical 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The challenge
2006-08-12 05:30:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
For the same reason people drive drunk, drugged, and without brains.
2006-08-12 07:10:00 · answer #9 · answered by Trump 2020 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because unfortunately our politicians are afraid to pass appropriate laws to stop it.
2006-08-12 05:29:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋