If you feel safer, you might take more risks – canceling out the benefits of various safety interventions. But educating people about this paradox and allowing for some personal choice might help.
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Traffic crashes kill and injure millions worldwide every year and are a major drain on economic development. Improving road safety would produce huge payoffs, especially in lower-income countries.
Despite a decrease in traffic during the pandemic, single-vehicle car crashes increased.
Public health recommendations have always been a hard sell. Resistance to new behaviors – like the mask-wearing and social distancing advised during the COVID-19 pandemic – is part of human nature.
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John Rennie Short is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh
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Associate Research Professor, Director, Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center, University of Connecticut
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Behavioral Research Assistant, Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center, University of Connecticut
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Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University
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Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Purdue University
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Alumni Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Applied Behavior Systems, Virginia Tech
