tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27987879.post35870613049239613..comments2023-07-05T00:52:12.585-07:00Comments on nonexpert: No helmet, no protectionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27987879.post-50527936968468994772015-08-10T08:16:26.113-07:002015-08-10T08:16:26.113-07:00Yes I do Aditi, and that is precisely where I have...Yes I do Aditi, and that is precisely where I have a problem. We look outside, watch clouds gather, have to go out - take the umbrella. All of us have experienced this, a case of probability. But, as you said, other than myself, I do not know anyone who has had head injury driving a two-wheeler. By the way, I was wearing a helmet, a good one at that, yet, perhaps because it was sort of oversized, it must have flown off my head and I ended up with a head injury and lost hearing in my left ear. Why can't people learn from me?mandakolathurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774568024246167410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27987879.post-31841148152247690112015-08-10T04:16:51.295-07:002015-08-10T04:16:51.295-07:00Raghu, I think the collective is sustained by demo...Raghu, I think the collective is sustained by demonstrated example of probability with cognitive bias at individual level. Things like not coming across a helmet-less accident victim among known circle of acquaintances, where such victims are mere statistics in newspaper. You get the drift. Aditihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13693023913017962248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27987879.post-20184494465122851452015-08-05T10:37:46.446-07:002015-08-05T10:37:46.446-07:00Aditi, you're focused on the collective and I ...Aditi, you're focused on the collective and I accept that. But, think, what sustains that collective? Is it the herd mentality? Is it a sense that people taking risks win out all the time? Beats me!mandakolathurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774568024246167410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27987879.post-24308758002331816682015-08-04T01:54:55.858-07:002015-08-04T01:54:55.858-07:00A collective we lack a basic sense of safety. Behi...A collective we lack a basic sense of safety. Behind most actions of individuals is a naïve foolhardy expectation that no harm will come to self. Accidents etc. can only happen to others. Otherwise it is unimaginable that people do not wear helmets or use seatbelts. Try to think how many people choose to cross the roads exactly at a busy crossing diagonally through the traffic rather than cross in steps at designated areas? Or cross the road exactly where they get off from any transport? I have frequently seen people walking the roads with children exposed to the side of the flow of traffic. A collective we just do not have the basic sense of safety. Aditihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13693023913017962248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27987879.post-9617203796348781592015-08-01T10:22:22.542-07:002015-08-01T10:22:22.542-07:00That is because personal safety has become detache...That is because personal safety has become detached from oneself. This is why I suggested getting to the idiots by the back door, through requirement of insurance.mandakolathurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774568024246167410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27987879.post-56218378248270092792015-08-01T09:23:25.769-07:002015-08-01T09:23:25.769-07:00It's a paradoxical that law enforcing agencies...It's a paradoxical that law enforcing agencies have to make personal safety a compulsion<br />Indian Satirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13516931050358582219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27987879.post-16067027647672128562015-08-01T01:58:27.620-07:002015-08-01T01:58:27.620-07:00Why can't ones' safety be a compulsion, Ba...Why can't ones' safety be a compulsion, Balu?<br /><br />REmandakolathurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774568024246167410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27987879.post-72188919381888476872015-07-30T07:54:38.032-07:002015-07-30T07:54:38.032-07:00Without compulsion hardly anything works in IndiaWithout compulsion hardly anything works in IndiaIndian Satirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13516931050358582219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27987879.post-28610991548514471972015-07-30T07:54:27.692-07:002015-07-30T07:54:27.692-07:00Without compulsion hardly anything works in IndiaWithout compulsion hardly anything works in IndiaIndian Satirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13516931050358582219noreply@blogger.com