This is just another externality. Sounds like we need a body count tax for large vehicles like this. Edit: BTW, I'm honestly serious about this. These vehic

This is just another externality. Sounds like we need a body count tax for large vehicles like this. Edit: BTW, I'm honestly serious about this. These vehicles clearly come with a significant cost, and while it's a bit callous, that cost (in the form of human lives) can be quantified in financial terms and then incorporated into the price of these vehicles in the form of taxation. Doing so sends a price signal to the market: if you want a big truck, then you have to pay a large fee for the privilege, recognizing you're more likely to kill someone crossing the street. The alternative is trying to legislate the size of vehicles or other safety features, which is absolutely an option. But speaking for myself, I'd prefer to discourage the purchase of these monsters in the first place by raising their prices so much as to render them unattractive versus smaller, safer vehicles.