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All of those would be great things to point out for context, but this article chose only one number to use. The same goes for talking about causes, as you point

All of those would be great things to point out for context, but this article chose only one number to use. The same goes for talking about causes, as you point out by mentioning phone use and vehicle construction. I can add one more to that list: cars equipped with all the latest gadgets that do everything except help the driver focus on other vehicles and road conditions (vividly illustrated by one of those "Mayhem" commercials for Allstate).

magicalist 4y ago
> All of those would be great things to point out for context, but this article chose only one number to use 13 or 14 vs 16 years isn't all that different, and most people understand absolute numbers better, so if you have to use one it seems like a good choice and isn't misleading with statistics, as the OP implies.