Nothing can un-do this incident ... but talking and thinking about it might just help someone here avoid or mitigate the next one, especially if we knew the facts rather than purely speculating.
"Shout! Shout! Let the clutch out!" Gears for Fears
Thing is, anyone who reads this thread is likely a human. Humans have a thing called optimism bias.
Until something bad happens to us, we don't believe that it will happen to us.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimism_bias
By deduction, if we don't think it'll happen to us, we won't do anything to prevent it.
Add that to illusory superiority.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_superiority
So we continue to behave as we see fit, and for some of us, it goes wrong.
Overcoming optimism bias is the greatest challenge in road safety.
This also makes for an interesting read.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-preservation
Self preservation instinct is lower in creatures less suitable to pass their genes on.
Gets very interesting where it goes Into laws surrounding seatbelts etc.
I've often noticed on motorway patrol that it's people that probably shouldn't be breeding that get pulled up for safety breaches.
It also goes some way to explaining poor hygiene, lack of forethought & a disregard for the survival based laws & guidelines, that we have seen a complete contempt for in recent weeks amongst certain groups of society.
Where moderation who cares what.
That moron thinks .I care and
It's very uncool speak of young man
Who died tragically young.what
Indictment on .people on here.
Seem to love there mates .skating of
All that takes there fancy.
Gee wonder any new people don't.
Stick around.age is the area for bitter and cynical to judge others.
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