Trip planning helps reduce driving distance.
If you know exactly where you're going, and have a good plan or itinerary, then you will save a lot of time on driving, and you will take fewer wrong turns, etc. You will arrive at your destination much faster than if you didn't have a plan.
Positive: more protection
Negative: more likely to spend money on ammo and the possibility of killing others
If she decides to study, then she has exhibited Delay of Gratification