I find it easy to agree with this as I’ve owned quite a few old cars myself (mostly by keeping a newer car for a long time). It really is just a heuristic. It’s not even a heavily weighted heuristic for me—I take much more notice of driving errors like wandering across lane dividers than the age of the vehicle. But driving is probably the most dangerous thing I do and it’s worth taking as much statistical advantage as I can get....
I find it easy to agree with this as I’ve owned quite a few old cars myself (mostly by keeping a newer car for a long time). It really is just a heuristic. It’s not even a heavily weighted heuristic for me—I take much more notice of driving errors like wandering across lane dividers than the age of the vehicle. But driving is probably the most dangerous thing I do and it’s worth taking as much statistical advantage as I can get....
Right. It’s not like the false positives are going to bite you in that context. False negatives might be pretty serious.