> Do we spend trillions of dollars a year on safer cars? No, but apparently if we use statistics we should. Yes, we probably do, if you consider the cumulative

> Do we spend trillions of dollars a year on safer cars? No, but apparently if we use statistics we should. Yes, we probably do, if you consider the cumulative cost of better engineering and safety technology on all the cars sold and serviced in a year, plus highway construction standards. And that's before considering that personal car transport is probably _inherently_ dangerous, and most cities are trying to move to a higher percentage of walking and cycling.