as I was saying about cell phone use and accidents > no link

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Mobile phone drivers 'not linked' to accident figures Researchers have found no link between the number of US drivers making phone calls while on the road and the number of accidents recorded. A team at Carnegie Mellon University and the London School of Economics analysed more than eight million incidents of car crashes and all fatalities on roads in eight US states. They examined data before and after 9pm local time over a three-year period.

BBC News - Mobile phone drivers 'not linked' to accident figures



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Dr Pathania told the BBC they were "very surprised" by the results. "At first we thought the numbers were wrong. We went back and checked everything - but there was nothing going on at all," he said. "We just know that we saw a big jump in cellphone use and there was no impact on the crash rate."

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