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Risky business: safety regulations, risk compensation, and individual behavior

James Hedlund

Highway Safety North, 110 Homestead Road, Ithaca, NY 14850–6216, USA

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Dr Hedlund
(e-mail: jhedlund@sprynet.com)

Keywords: Haddon Memorial Lecture; risk compensation; risk homeostasis, safety regulations

Government regulations and industry practices constrain our behavior in many ways in an attempt to reduce injuries. Safety features are designed into products we use: cars now have airbags; medicine bottles have "childproof" caps. Laws require us to act in a safe manner: we must wear seat . . . [Full text of this article]

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