You could argue against seatbelts the same way: seatbelts can cause abrasion of the skin during everyday driving, which is a more present and pervasive threat t

You could argue against seatbelts the same way: seatbelts can cause abrasion of the skin during everyday driving, which is a more present and pervasive threat to most than car crashes. In both instances it turns out that the difference in magnitude of those threats makes the direct comparison misleading.