The fallacy is that people think they are in control in traffic, and that if they are careful then they'll be safe. Dig up statistics about traffic fatalities,

The fallacy is that people think they are in control in traffic, and that if they are careful then they'll be safe. Dig up statistics about traffic fatalities, and see how many of them were caused by someone else. Here you can see that one third of casualties are not even drivers: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s1105.pdf http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s1105.p...