Re: Does Australia have similar cellphone "related" accident rates as the United States

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: Does Australia have similar cellphone "related" accident rates as the United States
Date	2016-10-16 13:38 +1100
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"Algeria Horan" <algeriahoran@algeria.horan.net> wrote in message 
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> On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 18:53:30 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> Seriously, if you just had an argument with your wife would you fall
>> asleep from boredom?  Yes, there are times you could, but that is not
>> one of them.
>
> BTW, one of the NHTSA statistical papers on distractions listed "fatigue" 
> as
> a major factor in accidents, far more so than just talking to someone.
>
> So we have to put things into perspective, bearing in mind that the
> "industry" likes to blow things out of proportion, to intensify their
> effects for news-worthy reasons.
>
> For example, look at this use of "high octane" where the sole purpose is 
> to
> artificially *intensify* the scare-value of the word "gasoline"...
>
> EXAMPLE 1:
> http://www.wartimepress.com/archive-article.asp?TID=Bulletin%20Board%20of%20Naval%20Interest&MID=68&q=125&FID=748
> "six million gallons of high octane gasoline provided fuel for the raging
> inferno."
>
> Huh? When I parse that sentence, I immediately realize that six million
> gallons of _not_ high octane gasoline would have provided just as much 
> fuel
> (in fact, exactly the same amount of BTUs) for the raging inferno!
>
> EXAMPLE 2:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covina_massacre
> http://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/pardo-bruce.htm
> "police had recovered ... a container for high-octane fuel tank gasoline."
>
> Huh? What's that? Do such containers even exist?

Corse they do when someone fills a container with high octane gasoline.

> Specifically, how would a "high-octane" fuel tank differ from a
> not high-octane fuel tank? The fire either fuel could cause would be
> absolutely indistinguishable in all ways.

Sure, but the high octane bit is just more detail,
not meant to imply that that makes it worse.

> EXAMPLE 3:
> http://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/16/nyregion/blaze-at-stouffer-s-described-as-arson.html
> The District Attorney likened the volatility of the accelerant to that of
> ''a high-octane'' gasoline.
>
> I guess that argument works on OJ Juries, but, the volatility of a
> high-octane gasoline is EXACTLY the same as that of a not
> high-octane gasoline.

Its not exactly the same, but clearly it makes no useful difference
if you are using to set fire to a house.

House just one house away from mine was burnt out that way
just a few months ago now, by a loony. Fortunately the owners
were away at the time.

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