wedrifid comments on We Change Our Minds Less Often Than We Think - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 04 January 2012 09:18:20AM 2 points [-]

One might also consider the reality of self serving bias. The teenager paints himself in the best kind of light with regards to safety. He gets caught doing 113 mph and is peeved he's been charged with "reckless driving", NO he says, I wasn't reckless I wasn't just gunning it, I was driving, the road is dry and straight, it was daytime - all these comments of his are designed to make him sound as if he isn't reckless. Yet the expert, the police officer charges him with reckless driving. Does the police officer have it wrong? Is driving 113mph on a public road reckless? The article does support my observation about teenagers. That particular teenager is overconfident in his ability to decide what is reckless.

It's not especially reckless. It is 'Reckless Driving'. Disobeying the law to that degree for little payoff is a dumbass move, not so much a physically reckless one.