Another bad thing about risk compensation is the waste of resources. 'Obviously beneficial' safety measures get implemented, people feel safer, so risk-compensate the danger back up to where it was before and nothing is achieved.
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Another bad thing about risk compensation is the waste of resources. 'Obviously beneficial' safety measures get implemented, people feel safer, so risk-compensate the danger back up to where it was before and nothing is achieved.