Normalizing Deviance - AVweb

While this has clear application to aviation, it can hurt you in other, more mundane activities. The clearest example is driving. Cars have become so comfortable, quiet, and electronic that it is no longer just about transportation. We need to be entertained as we drive offensively. We have forgotten that even modest superhuman speed is deadly and that IAMSAFE is a factor for how we drive and even whether we drive. Our attentiveness and overall skill have deteriorated just as this article has described: normalization of deviance, as if there are no consequences to bad behavior.
Be careful out there.