A Hood-Mounted Cruise Missile Would Be Nice

A recent Arstechnica article links riskier driving behavior with the playing of racing games. Here's the thing. I believe the results of the poll show a correlation, but not causality. It's like the violence-in-videogames issue. It makes sense that a link between the two (driving games--risky driving) exists. What the study doesn't show is all the variables that could link the two, nor does it show the direction of any causality. I play a lot of driving games. My driving is not perfect, but I haven't had an accident or citation. If I liked driving fast and furiously, it's pretty certain that I will like driving/racing games. That's not causality, either, because it shows that there may be third variable that causes both, which is most likely a personality trait. We cannot and should not control personalities, because that's Orwellian at best.