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by mmooss 107 days ago
So could a car accident, but you still drive. There are lots of risks in the world; they need to be assessed by their likelihood x damage.
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It may be surprising to you, but I don't drive (I don't live in the US, but even when I did I didn't really have to), and there was a period of time I resorted to not even taking taxis because a crash in those times would have been much messier than just myself dying. But my own private life aside, driving, to many people, is a necessity, sometimes even for survival, while lending a hand to a stranger, however nobel that may be, is not.