Did the Three Day BlackBerry Outage Last Week Save Lives?
The unfortunate three-day BlackBerry message service outage in Africa, Europe and the Middle East last week had the interesting unintended side effect of demonstrating the contribution of texting/emailing-while-driving to automobile accidents and deaths. The National reported that Dubai officials reported data which indicates that:
BlackBerry cuts made roads safer, police say
A clear message on driving safety
– Car accidents in Dubai were down by 20% during the three day BlackBerry messaging outage. On the average there is a car accident every three minutes in Dubai.
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