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To: BobL

There is also the idea that wearing the protection whether seat belts or helmets makes some drive or ride bolder or with more aggression because the protection gives them a sense of invulnerability. Ergo accident rates go up. Go figure. Just another of lifes little ironies.


36 posted on 11/23/2019 5:14:30 AM PST by xp38
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To: xp38

“There is also the idea that wearing the protection whether seat belts or helmets makes some drive or ride bolder or with more aggression because the protection gives them a sense of invulnerability. Ergo accident rates go up. Go figure. Just another of lifes little ironies.”

That wouldn’t surprise me. It’s already a given to the insurance companies that anti-lock brakes and traction control is causing people to drive more aggressively, since they’re now ‘protected’.


39 posted on 11/23/2019 5:53:17 AM PST by BobL (I drive a pickup truck to work because it makes me feel like a man.)
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