[OM] Re: OT Cell-phones and driving on roads OT

[Gary Holder (c)]

Sorry, this means NOTHING without confidence intervals (or is that just my 
Ph.D.showing again?).
Are these figures signifiant?

I've got a feeling we're talking about an increase in odds of  from 0.0001 
to .0000175 per.thousand miles, or some such.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 6:11 PM
Subject: [OM] OT Cell-phones and driving on roads OT


>
> Hi all
>
> News this morning of a two-years research project in Perth, Western
> Australia, after interviewing people injured in significant damage road
> accidents.
>
> People using a hands-on cell phone while driving are 500% more likely to
> have a serious injury accident while doing so, and people using a 
> hands-free
> cell phone while driving are 400% more likely to have a serious injury
> accident while doing so.
>
> Cheers, Brian
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