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Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by Spindifferent, Nov 26, 2018.

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I don't think so. We have a pattern of risk compensation or risk homeostasis, preventing these improvements from producing their full benefits. Nearly every time the basic risks are reduced, we multiply our risky behavior to sort-of compensate, somewhat (or sometimes entirely) offsetting the expected benefits. That is likely why traffic fatalities actually starting rising in 2014, despite safer cars.
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This reminds me of the kind of 'logic' auto-makers used, combined with many other "good reasons" for 10 years in the fight against making seat belts as standard equipment in all vehicles. The dark history of auto-makers is not just limited to fighting seat belts... So many people have lost their lives because of a profit-motive that directly interfered with advancing vehicle safety technology.

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