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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_compensation

a theory which suggests that people typically adjust their behavior in response to perceived levels of risk, becoming more careful where they sense greater risk and less careful if they feel more protected.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

It is a theory, but as you read the article you discover many of the examples given have not checked out.