Question: why do you think people are more scared of earthquaves than a car crash

Drew Rae answered on 9 Jun 2011:

There’s actually a fair bit of research on why people are more scared of some things than other things. One of the big reasons is control – people are less afraid of things if they think they can control them. And people are optimists too – most people think that they can control whether they have a car accident, and most people think that they are better than most people at driving.