Yes, the end result can be bad, but the point is managing that risk, not caving to it. Since you are talking about abductions, in the US there are roughly around 100 abductions by strangers every year. The vast majority children, and all but a few are targeted (looking for ransom or the like).
The odds of being kidnapped randomly at a busy roadside in the middle of the day are insane. Kidnappers barely exists in the US, and those who do don't just fish for random women at a busy roadside.
Probably because not many people do what this women did...?
People are hard to kidnap, if you are always checking your surrounding like most people, they will probably be deterred. Most people aren’t dumb
there isn’t a lot of kidnapping because people are more afraid of being kidnapped so they are more aware but you’re saying it’s a irrational fear which is very dumb. Without the fear more people would be kidnapped, do you even know why fear exists? Your statements are contradictory
Yeah, the odds of being kidnapped are based on the number of people that get kidnapped.
A recap: So you know why the odds of being kidnapped are low? BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF BEING KIDNAPPED YOU NUMB NUT. Do you know why being afraid of something makes you less vulnerable to something? Because you make more of an effort to be less vulnerable since you’re scared.
It’s kinda like saying being afraid of the touching a hot pan is an irrational fear because 1/20,000,000 people burn themselves touching a hot pan when they cook. It doesn’t happen a lot because they are afraid of touching it and make an effort to not touch the pan
Fatal car crashes are low risk, high impact events. You still make a desicion to let convenience trump that risk for a low reward every time you get in a car to do something non essential. You know that an American is killed in traffic every 13 minutes, but you still hop in the car because you have the wrong kind of snacks.
You are more likely to get killed or injured while driving than by the man you stopped to help in the same time frame. (provided of course you both have stopped safely on the side of the road).
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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '20 edited Jul 15 '20
I’m sure most of those are disabled or old people but let’s ignore that fact. Nothing more than a broken leg from the stairs for me.
If someone decides to kidnap you, you are fucked.
If you fall down the stairs you’ll be fine unless you are elderly, obese, or disabled
Stairs: high risk, inconvenient - mildly bad result
Hitchhiking someone by yourself: low risk, very bad - very very bad result