Stockton assured passengers that it was totally safe. Either he was lying, or he deluded himself enough that he found the risk to be abstract. A reckless teena

Stockton assured passengers that it was totally safe. Either he was lying, or he deluded himself enough that he found the risk to be abstract. A reckless teenager driving at 120mph on the highway with no seatbelt is obviously in serious danger, but to their young, impulsive mind the danger may feel completely abstract.