[bombcar]

Some safety devices don’t encourage recklessness - id say seatbelts are in this category.

However others could - perhaps ABS brakes and all wheel drive on slippery roads.

[jdsully]

Traction control is a more likely candidate. Encourages people to think there’s more traction than there really is - only to find out the error when they need to stop

[dumpsterdiver]

I wouldn't consider being aware of a vehicle's capabilities and utilizing them as being reckless.

One could argue that those folks are incurring a sort of opportunity cost by not learning the limits of vehicles that don't have ABS, and certainly they might be worse off for it, but that's not the same as recklessness.

[bombcar]

Intentionally utilizing and knowing the limits of a vehicle is one thing - but driving beyond your capabilities because the vehicle covers for you most of the time is a problem.

The number of people who think AWD + ABS means they can ignore snow and ice and continue to do 60+ mph in blizzard conditions, for example.

[kube-system]

They’re claiming the opposite, that traction control masks a lack of available traction, and leads people to misunderstand their tires’ capabilities.