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This is attributed to people driving at a fixed perceived level of risk. The explanation goes: seatbelt makes you safer, so it doesn't matter as much whether yo

This is attributed to people driving at a fixed perceived level of risk. The explanation goes: seatbelt makes you safer, so it doesn't matter as much whether you crash, so you can increase speed or recklessness to get back to the same perceived risk threshold. Seatbelt introduction is used as a case study in behaviour in response to risk. I remember there was one significant dip in the fatality curve, which turned out to line up with a period where people were told to drive on the other side of the road to usual, and thus proceeded more cautiously for a time.

maxwell 3y ago
Instead of driving on the right or w̶r̶o̶n̶g̶left side of the road, maybe for safety we should be switching it up every ten to twenty years, with shiftable steering wheels to switch driver sides, or some of these puppies: https://www.thedrive.com/news/37520/these-trick-pulley-systems-are-what-mail-carriers-use-to-make-their-cars-right-hand-drive https://www.thedrive.com/news/37520/these-trick-pulley-syste...