Graham wrote:^ As John Adams would surely say :
The setting of the risk thermostat remains the same. The expected safety improvement gets translated into a performance benefit.
People like performance benefits. Thus the accident statistics do not show the expected drop.
And so it goes on . . . .
It may have escaped your attention or not,but people can change into utter idiots when they get hold a vehicle in their inexperienced hands.
The antics I watch daily on our roads at times beggers belief to any sane responsible and reasonable person.
People simply aren't aware the impact of colliding with an immovable force can cause them until it happens.