In the last article we looked at two aspects of deliberate risk and error. The first was that most people do not realize that risk that depends on error or not making any mistakes will grow over time and as a result, may easily exceed — in a large way — their tolerance for risk they can’t influence, or what they would consider to be their own risk tolerance.
The second way of looking at something was the problem of the “extra second.” In other words, I knew I was going to look away from the road to do whatever (phone, coffee, stereo, sandwich), but I didn’t expect to actually be distracted for that extra second.