I'm callin' "B.S." on this study simply because its findings fly in the face of logic.
Who funded it? The cell phone industry?
(Edit: The post-ban "hiding the cell phone" theory, however, COULD account for the odd wreck after the ban went into effect - but not anywhere NEAR all of them IMO.)
Who funded it? The cell phone industry?
(Edit: The post-ban "hiding the cell phone" theory, however, COULD account for the odd wreck after the ban went into effect - but not anywhere NEAR all of them IMO.)
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FlorIdaho Chris
Yeah, I've got one.
Below quoted from the article:
"The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is an independent, nonprofit, scientific, and educational organization dedicated to reducing the losses — deaths, injuries, and property damage — from crashes on the nation's highways.
The Highway Loss Data Institute shares and supports this mission through scientific studies of insurance data representing the human and economic losses resulting from the ownership and operation of different types of vehicles and by publishing insurance loss results by vehicle make and model.
Work conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the Highway Loss Data Institute is wholly supported by auto insurers:
AAA Mid-Atlantic Insurance Group
AAA Northern California, Nevada, and Utah
ACE Private Risk Services
Affirmative Insurance
Agency Insurance Company of Maryland
Alfa Insurance
Alfa Alliance Insurance Corporation
Allstate Insurance Group
American Family Mutual Insurance
American National Property and Casualty Company
Ameriprise Auto & Home
Amica Mutual Insurance Company
Auto Club Enterprises
Auto Club Group
Auto Club South Insurance Company
Bituminous Insurance Companies
Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company
California Casualty Group
Capital Insurance Group
Chubb & Son
Colorado Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
Concord Group Insurance Companies
Cotton States Insurance
COUNTRY Financial
Direct General Corporation
Discovery Insurance Company
Erie Insurance Group
Esurance
Farm Bureau Financial Services
Farm Bureau Insurance of Michigan
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Idaho
Farmers Insurance Group of Companies
Farmers Mutual of Nebraska
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
First Acceptance Corporation
Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Companies
Frankenmuth Insurance
Gainsco Insurance
GEICO Group
Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
GMAC Personal Lines Insurance
Grange Insurance
Hanover Insurance Group
The Hartford
Haulers Insurance Company, Inc.
High Point Insurance Group
Homeowners of America Insurance Company
ICW Group
Imperial Fire & Casualty Insurance Company
Infinity Property & Casualty
Kemper, A Unitrin Business
Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
Markel Corporation
Mercury Insurance Group
MetLife Auto & Home
Michigan Insurance Company
MiddleOak
Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company
MMG Insurance
Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance Company
Nationwide
New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Group
NLC Insurance Companies, Inc.
Nodak Mutual Insurance Company
Norfolk & Dedham Group
North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
Old American County Mutual Fire Insurance
Oklahoma Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
OneBeacon Insurance
Oregon Mutual Insurance
Palisades Insurance
Pekin Insurance
PEMCO Insurance
Progressive Corporation
Rockingham Group
Safeco Insurance
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Company
SECURA Insurance
Sentry Insurance
Shelter Insurance
Sompo Japan Insurance Company of America
South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company
State Auto Insurance Companies
State Farm
Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Company
Tokio Marine Nichido
The Travelers Companies
United Educators
Unitrin
USAA
Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance
West Bend Mutual Insurance Company
Zurich North America"