"Driving at night is more of a challenge than many people think. It's also more dangerous. Why is night driving so dangerous? One obvious answer is darkness. Ninety percent of a driver's reaction depends on vision, and vision is severely limited at night. Depth perception, color recognition, peripheral vision are compromised after sundown. " Is trading the comparative?
Perhaps night driving is an appropriate metaphor. It appears so many prefer to trade in the dark, observing only what they can imperfectly see, rather than let in the full sunlight of the day.