> The most dangerous month, it turns out, is August, and Saturday the most dangerous day, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Satur

> The most dangerous month, it turns out, is August, and Saturday the most dangerous day, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Saturday and Friday night at those times are dangerous where I'm at because of end-of-summer parties and drinking. Lots of drinking. > "overconfidence appears to be a large factor in peoples’ thinking about traffic safety" This will never change. As long as we have overconfident drivers, we will have accidents. Confidence = "I don't need to double-check". Sadly, that same overconfidence is why you can't convince anyone to NOT be overconfident. It's a self-confirming cycle, and people only become more careful after the accident because, as every overconfident driver says, "It'll never happen to me." (getting in an accident, that is)