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Michael Press
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In article <3w4Ne.2836$wb.2818@trndny09>,
Mark & Steven Bornfeld <[email protected]>
wrote:
> David Damerell wrote:
>
> > Quoting Mark & Steven Bornfeld <[email protected]>:
> >
> >>[email protected] wrote:
> >>
> >>>An interesting test for someone who thinks they _don't_ risk compensate
> >>>is this: Get into a car and drive in heavy traffic with no seatbelt
> >>>and no airbag.
> >>
> >> Oh, and considering that the lack of seatbelts as a safety device will
> >>stop me driving (or that I will not cycle if I've forgotten my helmet on
> >>a ride)
> >
> >
> > Then you pretty clearly risk compensate. Lacking a seatbelt, you reduce
> > the chance of being in a motor accident to zero; given a seatbelt, you
> > increase it to some higher figure.
>
> Only as a driver or passenger. But most of you anti-helmet crowd
There is no "anti-helmet crowd." It is all in your head.
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Michael Press
Mark & Steven Bornfeld <[email protected]>
wrote:
> David Damerell wrote:
>
> > Quoting Mark & Steven Bornfeld <[email protected]>:
> >
> >>[email protected] wrote:
> >>
> >>>An interesting test for someone who thinks they _don't_ risk compensate
> >>>is this: Get into a car and drive in heavy traffic with no seatbelt
> >>>and no airbag.
> >>
> >> Oh, and considering that the lack of seatbelts as a safety device will
> >>stop me driving (or that I will not cycle if I've forgotten my helmet on
> >>a ride)
> >
> >
> > Then you pretty clearly risk compensate. Lacking a seatbelt, you reduce
> > the chance of being in a motor accident to zero; given a seatbelt, you
> > increase it to some higher figure.
>
> Only as a driver or passenger. But most of you anti-helmet crowd
There is no "anti-helmet crowd." It is all in your head.
[...]
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Michael Press