As more people do a thing, and do it more, it's natural consequences happen more. Funny how that happens? Using my eyes to approximate the changes from this gr

As more people do a thing, and do it more, it's natural consequences happen more. Funny how that happens? Using my eyes to approximate the changes from this graph[1] * Death rate per mile driven is down like 95% or nonetheless drastically since 1925. * Current deaths per year is less than 1975, despite driving like 50% more miles Now, safety likely could be much greater if people gave the same care to driving as in the past. Two phenomenon are likely happening : 1. Driving is more familiar, so its approached with less care, and 2. People have become accustomed to the safety technologies aiding them such that they increase the riskiness of their behavior to match their base risk tolerance. Eg: as brakes get better people drive faster and closer. As cruise radar gets better people use their phones more and rely on it braking. Alas, this may fall to the same issue with greenhouse gasses / climate change -- Technological change is simply not fast enough for the goals of society, and a net reduction must occur. We cannot make our economy green enough soon enough such that we must simply reduce our consumption, and it seems our safety standards cannot keep up with increasing consumption [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_safety_in_the_United_States#/media/File:US_traffic_deaths_per_VMT,_VMT,_per_capita,_and_total_annual_deaths.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_safety_in_the_U...