Steering Clear Of Risky Drivers Requires New Course Of Action

摘要

ALL OF US WHO promote safe driving face two big challenges among driver beliefs: "It won't happen to me." "I'm a better driver than other drivers." When we insist that crashes will happen when people drive unsafely, and then crashes don't happen despite drivers taking risks like speeding or driving distracted, we face a little-boy-cries-wolf situation. Let's face it, we know motorists drive drowsy, distracted, and impaired all the time. They don't crash every time. When they make it to their destination without crashing, this can reinforce a false belief that they are safe drivers. Telling them otherwise is not going to change their viewpoint. In reality, they are lucky unsafe drivers, but they don't realize this to be the case.