quote:Originally posted by e:quote:Originally posted by David L.:
I do not mean to be sexist, but have you noticed that the majority of people talking on cell phones while driving are women?
David,
I'm always cautious about what is to follow whenever I hear a sentence start with, "I don't mean to be [fill in the blank], but..." You counted drivers on cell phones, and then you calculated the ration of women to men. I wonder if you also counted the ratio of women to men drivers as well?
In other words, 17 out of the 22 cell phone users you saw on the road might have been women, but statistics can lie. You saw a total of 22 cell phone users out of how many? Let's say 60 drivers. If 45 out of the 60 drivers were women, then your 'finding' isn't any more convincing than those other statements that start with "I'm no [...], but..." in my opinion.
And David, you might want to stop counting cell phone users and watch the road!
-e-
You are indeed correct! And I meant no offense to women drivers!