So we now base things on anecdotal evidence?
My Dad smoked for 70 years and never got lung cancer - damn docs are obviously lying to us!
Keith Richards has been using heroin since I was a baby and he's still ticking (although opinions vary as to whether a zombie can be poisoned!) - damn government is lying to us!
I was exposed to a ton of asbestos in the Navy and never got any lung diseases - those asbestos lawsuits are obviously a scam!
I talked on my cell phone and on my ham mobile for years while driving and never had an accident - obviously distracted driving is a myth.
I'm an engineer. The world works this way for me: my opinion vs your opinion is a draw, my opinion vs your facts means you win.
If you take a look at the abundance of available studies, I believe the inevitable conclusion is that a number of activities that are adequate proxies for ham mobile operation have been shown to impair driving. That's good enough for me.
Some people will go to any irrational extreme to justify their belief:
"Well, they didn't actually study ham mobile operations"
"Well, they only studied 2M ham mobile operations, so 70cm is still ok"
"Well, they never studied 70cm mobile operation using a Kenwood radio"
Well, I have a custom mic, and they never tested 2M operation with my radio and this custom mic, so obviously what I do is ok"
Don't be that irrational guy! I think the evidence is in. Hams have a long history of being technical people who are willing to accept the facts. Let's not change that now.
It's time to stop operating while driving.
Dennis
Irrational? Me?
I'm not the one that can't think rationally. Seems like you two characters can't seem to grasp the concept that the cause of accidents are due to human era like everything else. Here's a couple!
Guns don't kill! People kill people!
If you leave the gun alone it won't kill. As soon as theres human intervention that changes things. Should you condemn everyone from owning a gun cause some idiot doesn't know how to handle one or miss use's it? Absolutely not!!
Just because I feel like many others that have experienced an elderly driver that can barely see and moving at 30 miles an hour on a freeway swerving should have a suspended license along with every elderly person his/her age above 70. Absolute not!!
Electronics don't kill people! Idiots that can't operate them while driving do.
I've never in my life come across any accident that involved an amateur radio operator. We can spot one on the road just like you can spot your own vehicle equipped with the same gear. I know if I had seen a mobile ham in distress I would most certainly see if they were all right. In the countless accidents due to his/her operating as per your claim I would certainly remember and I have never witnessed an accident in such a circumstance.
You suggestion I'm irrational becomes contradictory when you use sarcasm as irrefutable evidence the majority is wrong. Your tactic clearly shows your irrational act based on minimal evidence on too broad of a subject and illogical to the topic. What do any of those quotes and who your quoting proves nothing on what you claim.
Logic and rationality would agree a human being is responsible for their actions and thats why we have insurance and the law structure now in place to prove one guilty. There's is nothing in the books to prove your claims that ham radio specifically is the cause of this accident epidemic.
When they inacted on cell phone use was because it was the major player that condemned most portable electronics. Before cell phone use there was ham radio and C.B. radio and never had they either been mentioned as a main cause of automobile accidents in the category of DUI, DWI and cell phone use along with texting. Never!
You two guys are just the type of guys that always have to be Mr. Right and are condeming all of us due to your lack of capability driving while operating. Therefore assuming "irrationally" we have a the same problem. Not!!!
Good luck with your agenda!
