Perhaps a facet of infrequent exposure is that it makes the same event more impactful and therefore more effectively sensationalized? I don't particularly fear

Perhaps a facet of infrequent exposure is that it makes the same event more impactful and therefore more effectively sensationalized? I don't particularly fear a car accident, even though it's far and away the most likely thing to cause me physical injury. Several of my family and friends have been in car accidents, most are just fine. My chance of being awakened and assaulted by a burglar are unfathomably more remote, I've only ever come across it in movies. As a result, I have a strong emotional reaction to the 0.001% chance of a breaking and entering and a weaker reaction to the 10% chance of a car accident. But I don't naturally want to spend a proportional amount on a safer car, I'm more inclined buy motion-activated floodlights. If we lived in a lawless Wild West, I think we'd be more inured to the possibility of crime. Now that it's mostly a foreign experience it's easier to respond with fear instead of reason.