The Peltsman Effect

Economists like steve levitt know it as the peltsman effect. The idea that you can put in a safety device, and people can then feel so much safer they take more risk. With the seat belt, you drive in a much more dangerous fashion, and that could lead to more deaths. So glen beck buys a car that a salesman calls death proof, and finds himself driving a more recklessly. Football players get better helmets,. They start using them as weapons.