I'm not exactly sure what you're saying. Regulatory capture and efficient markets can't coexist. (My impression of regulatory capture on this matter comes from

I'm not exactly sure what you're saying. Regulatory capture and efficient markets can't coexist. (My impression of regulatory capture on this matter comes from the OP, it's the first I've really heard of this safety issue.) I already explained in my above post that it is society at large that is currently paying for this with death and destruction on the highways. And that's why this is such a barbaric position. Say that the needed measures are put in place and this problem is alleviated. And during the implementation of the needed measures, costs get passed along the line and a few extra cents are tacked on to consumer products. Well, significantly reduced highway deaths and people paying a little extra for whatever is obviously the preferred situation. But then what will likely happen is that somewhere in the cost chain someone will improve/innovate something that lowers the cost of some particular element in the cost chain, then what the market will bear will adjust and we'll be back to the same or lower consumer product prices plus reduced highway deaths. What's blocking this process from happening is, according to this article, the short-term thinking and profits over lives stance of the trucking companies.