Honestly I think it's the "What can go wrong" + "if something bad happens I can call 911" mentality. Modern society is so use to everything working right 98% of the time they don't even think about the 2% that can go bad. Last year that snow storm that had everybody trapped on the highway for like 36 hours they interviewed a teen girl in shorts and crocs and a hoodie "oh I was just going over to jennifers when we got stuck out here". If her car had ran out of gas and her heater died she would have been in deep doo. Some learn most don't it's just the way it is.