Oddly enough, seatbelts, while they do unquestionably reduce traffic fatalities, may be (partly) responsible for a slight but steady uptick in the overall number of road accidents. This is a phenomenon called 'risk compensation', a behaviour that makes people take more risks than they would in the absence of safety equipment. Thus, people who wear seatbelts tend to drive faster, people with ABS tend to follow other cars a little more closely, and people with side-impact airbags are a somewhat more likely to cross oncoming traffic streams when they probably shouldn't.
I'm sure there's a connection between air bags and altar boys who steal from the collection plate, but I haven't been able to suss it out.
Boru
I'm sure there's a connection between air bags and altar boys who steal from the collection plate, but I haven't been able to suss it out.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
