"Mike Beede" wrote in message
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In article ,
Thomas Borchert wrote:

Gwengler,

a) parachute equipped airplane pilots tend to assume greater
risk ("all I have to do is to pull the handle")


Any kind of factual support for that statement? Even a hint would
surprise me.

Here's an interesting theory that apparently has at least some
experimental validation. Of course, since it's a psychology
thing, there's no agreement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_homeostasis

Mike Beede

That was an interesting link. I was not aware of the Munich study, but my
own annecdotal observation in Miami Florida traffic at that time showed the
same result.

IIRC, insurance loss statistics also showed no change after a fairly short
time. It other words, losses returned to their previous level in months,
rather than years.

Peter