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We often assign names, titles to actions that are otherwise nothing more than risk-based decisions. Distracted driving unfortunately is one of them.
This is the story of JB who had his entire life ahead of him with a very young daughter, a promising career and a loving family. He often shrugged off his family's objections to him texting while driving; after all, what is the risk? He was young, strong and on top of the world. He felt as though the family's constant nagging was a way for them to show him they really cared. He was right. They loved him and the person he was becoming. JB's family saw the risk he was taking and did not see the benefit of his actions, his habit.
One day, JB continued on his way as he always did, texting and driving. Only this time, he was involved in a car accident and paid for it with his life when he was ejected from his vehicle. You see, JB conducted a value-based risk assessment, compared it to his risk tolerance and then grounded his decision on an unrealistic justification. His predicted result did not materialize because Jake failed to properly evaluate the actual risk he undertook against the consequences he needed to reconcile by engaging in distracted driving.
The bottom line is that JB traded the chance to share his daughter's graduations, proms, walks...