'PREVENTION BETTER THAN CURE
As Geoff Thompson pointed out in one of his books;
Do you train your child to look left and right,and to cross the road safely,or you just train them how to take the impact of an oncoming car,and hope that's enough?

This he said in relation to people's focus on physical self-defence(or by my extension,any emergency/survival theme).
So many people go to a karate class,or buy a fire extinguisher or burglar alarm but then don't take appropriate steps to AVOID the undesirable situations happening in the first place.

A brutal and unannounced attack,a fire or a burglary are not things we wish to face(or a kid getting hit by a car of course).
An ounce of preparation is worth a pound of cure(at least).

That karate class probably won't be much use if you're pissed and alone in the wrong place Friday night.'

Derek Crankshaft

 http://personalsurvivalblog.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/steel-sharpens-steel_07.html