40,000 Americans die and 3 million Americans are injured each year in car crashes. Over the last couple of months, it has occured to me that there is no good reason for this happening. Cars should be taxed in proportion to the death and injury that their use causes to their passengers and others on the road.
Earlier this month, the DARPA Grand Challenge showed that we have technology available now that -- with a lot of integration and development -- makes the prospect of cars driving themselves very believable and short term. It would please me if the taxes were raised and spent in such a way as to encourage development of such cars. If an American's life is worth $200,000, then it would be worth it to spend $8 billion a year in eliminating these deaths and billions more for the injuries.
Discuss.
Earlier this month, the DARPA Grand Challenge showed that we have technology available now that -- with a lot of integration and development -- makes the prospect of cars driving themselves very believable and short term. It would please me if the taxes were raised and spent in such a way as to encourage development of such cars. If an American's life is worth $200,000, then it would be worth it to spend $8 billion a year in eliminating these deaths and billions more for the injuries.
Discuss.
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