Thread: What is the name of this fallacy?

Person A comes with research with evidence for (example) bus drivers in Denver is on their cell phone 60% more than in other places. They also are in 30% more crashes than in other places.
Conclusion: Bus drivers in Denver are bad drivers and crash more due to loving that cellphone!

Person B: Im a bus driver from Denver and never use my cellphone and never crash, therefore your research is invalid.

I realize this may be a horrid example :P Anyway, what is it called when person B dismisses scientific evidence from person A if person A comes with a general tendency, and the reasoning from person B is using a specific singular example as a counterargument.

It reminds me of the fallacy of composition, as person B assumes that since bus drivers from Denver have in general more bus crashes due to increased cell phone use, that he himself must be a bad driver. In other words, he uses an individual data point to deny the conclusion about a group.

Originally Posted by Cogito Ergo Sum

It reminds me of the fallacy of composition, as person B assumes that since bus drivers from Denver have in general more bus crashes due to increased cell phone use, that he himself must be a bad driver. In other words, he uses an individual data point to deny the conclusion about a group.

Thanks Cogito, I think this is what I was looking for

https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/

a range to choose from for future reference.