Even before the phones took off, you would see folks in those areas that get the occasional snow day once a year or so like Seattle, and they go out and have no idea what they're doing driving in snow and ice, and pile up, or slide off the road. My dad would always say, "People underestimating...
Actually, we did: smallpox, polio, MMR, flu, often tetanus, later chicken pox, papilloma, shingles...
What we didn't do was die from measles (like the kids are made to do now).
I agree, I haven't heard anything about Mavericks getting rear ended, but I'm new to the flock.
I don't think legalized cannibalism is key because I don't think that would affect only those following Mavericks. And people have been doing dope and driving under the influence for decades.
I do...
Reminds me of a time that I was stuck in stop & go traffic headed west on US-50 five or so years ago. I saw an older man driving an immaculate Courier pick up and thought, wow, you just don't see those anymore. That is sweet, and bang! someone ran right into the back of him, not seriously, but...
I learned about them in a podcast episode: Cautionary Tales – General Ludd’s Rage Against the Machines | Tim Harford
It's unfortunate that the word has taken on a different meaning.