See, for me the focus on other people's contributions to the road toll is fuck all to do with any supposed recency bias or avoidance of personal responsibility. Quite the opposite. I think it's driven by the simple fact that whatever we do as individuals to manage our risk is affected not a jot by reciting popular safety dogma, whereas most of the other significant potential contributors are seemingly oblivious to their effect.
Not that LTNZ, (to pick one of the more prominent contributors) spend a lot of time researching motorcyclist's opinions on KB, or in fact would be likely to absorb any potential lessons from it if they did. Nonetheless, I reckon there's at least as much potential for improving the safety of motorcyclists among non-motorcylists as there is among riders. Maybe more. They're just not as motivated in achieving those improvements.
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