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The 2014 paper "Pounds that Kill" by Michael L. Anderson and Maximilian Auffhammer looked briefly at pedestrian deaths from vehicles, but focused more on multi
by kderbe 5y ago
The 2014 paper "Pounds that Kill" by Michael L. Anderson and Maximilian Auffhammer looked briefly at pedestrian deaths from vehicles, but focused more on multi vehicle collisions and estimated driver and passenger deaths in relation to vehicle weight.
The OP estimates $100/yr external cost of light trucks to account for the increase in pedestrian deaths. This paper estimates a cost several times higher to additionally account for driver and passenger deaths.
Summary article: https://www.accessmagazine.org/fall-2014/pounds-kill/ https://www.accessmagazine.org/fall-2014/pounds-kill/
Full paper: http://are.berkeley.edu/~mlanderson/pdf/anderson_auffhammer.pdf http://are.berkeley.edu/~mlanderson/pdf/anderson_auffhammer....