Ever have a good conversation with a passenger and miss your turn? You were distracted. Where I live, there are distracted driving laws and you can be fined f

Ever have a good conversation with a passenger and miss your turn? You were distracted. Where I live, there are distracted driving laws and you can be fined for holding or looking at a cell-phone while driving, but having the hardware for taking hands-free phone-calls is perfectly fine. I don't have that kind of hardware in my car. I don't answer my phone while driving, although I do pull over and answer it if I'm expecting an important call. I don't even listen to the wrong kind of music when driving. I love everything from classical to death metal, but I've observed I drive more aggressively when listening to certain genres, so I avoid them in the car. I find that the right kind of music allows me to avoid day-dreaming and keep my attention where it needs to be. I've never been in an accident and I've avoided a fair few that would have been the fault of other drivers, but all of this is anecdotal evidence. However, I subscribe to the 1 in 10000 rule. Say you are camping and pitch your tent near a large but relatively short-lived species of tree. The odds of that tree falling on you while you sleep are, perhaps, as high as 1 in 10000. If you camp by such a tree once in your life, that's nothing to be concerned about. If you do it once a year, it's still pretty safe. If you happen to live out of your tent and are near such trees year-round, odds are you'll be crushed by a tree before anything else kills you. In that case, you might want to choose your campsites more carefully. Examine what you do in your daily routine and look for the things that have a 1 in 10000 chance of killing you but don't really confer any benefits. If you're doing it daily, you really need better odds or a better payoff. I'll happily strap my feet to a board and huck myself off of icy cliffs, but that's because I (perhaps illogically) feel it's worth it, plus I don't do it every day.