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by semi-extrinsic 2610 days ago
You could can easily apply this logic to say "we should revoke laws that make it illegal to drive without a seat belt", or dozens of other examples.

Humans are notorious for thinking "I'm in a real hurry, I'll leave the safety system off because I likely won't get hurt". We know that laws, rules and protocols with enforcement and negative consequences are required in order to make humans act safely at scale.