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2Risk taking and drivingRisk and sensation seekingAs discussed earlier in this handbook (see section 2, ‘Understanding driving risk’,‘Risk in life in general’), risk is a part of life. Some risks you can avoid and othersyou can only minimise.We all vary in the amount of risk that we are willing to accept and in what we seeas risky. Some people believe that there is enough risk in the world without goinglooking for more. Others have a need for the thrills and sensations that come fromtaking risks. What about you? Are you someone who needs a bit of risk, sensationand daring in your life?Here is a chance to get a bit of an idea about the sort of risk taker you are. Go toRMS website (www.rms.nsw.gov.au/dqt.htm) then to the link entitled ‘SensationSeeking Scale’ (SSS). Take the short SSS quiz and look at your score. If you do ithonestly, this will give you an idea of how much of a need for thrills and risk youhave as a person. You might like to get your friends, and even your parents, to try itand compare scores. If you are younger and male, you’ll probably get a higher scorethan females and perhaps higher than older men. Men under 26 years generally havethe highest scores.40Driver qualification handbook