“Many of the dangerous things that drivers do are not likely to save them even 10 seconds. When you bet your life against 10 seconds, that is giving bigger odds than you are ever likely to get in Las Vegas.”

1980s–1990s, Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays (1999)

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