OK, it finally hit me this morning. Jeff Vaught came up with a bunch of nonsense last night (see my blog post below).
According to him, the Cato Institute said that vehicle accidents have declined but cell phone ownership has increased. Now, that I think back on that, so what? What is the correlation? Is Vaught trying to say that because more folks own cell phones that that reduces accidents?
Accidents can be down for a variety of reasons, some of which I mentioned in the post below. So cell phone ownership has increased. Is it possible that a good portion of the increase doesn't even drive? The Pew Research folks recently came out with a study that said 3 out of 4 children ages 12-17 now have cell phones. That's 75% of kids in that group, up from 45% two years ago. How many younger than 12 now have phones so mommy and daddy can stay in touch with them? What about grammy and grampy? How many senior citizens now have cell phones? Great way to keep track of the kids, grand kids and even great grand kids. Especially if they are out of state, what with all the various unlimited and family plans going around.
If this is the type of bovine scatology that is going to come out of Ward 3, wow, it's gonna be a fun 3 years.
By the way, are you going to publicly say whether or not you favor a strong state statute about cell phones and texting?
