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Originally Posted by GGG
I basicly have the same logic, as flawed as it is. Essentially you are trying to avoid regret. If your kid were to get injured you want to avoid blaming yourself that there was more you can do.
That being said driving is likely 10 times more dangerous and I suspect you don't even consider minimizing driving trips with the kids in the car. Why because you already use the regret management tools available, Winter tires, seat belts, car seats. So if you do get in an accident it was an accident and you couldn't have prevented.
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Also: Social norms. Nobody else puts helmets on their kids in cars, so if your kid got a serious head injury in an auto collision, you wouldn't feel increased guilt or regret. However, if most people
did have their kids wear helmets in the car, and you didn't, you would likely feel tremendous guilt if your child suffered a head injury, irrespective of the actual utility of wearing helmets in cars.
I trust my own risk assessment more than I trust social norms. Which is why, for example, I will not take my family on the highway on a long weekend.