Odds are the drunk driver is going to be driving a pick-up truck themselves [1]. This is a perfect example of prisoner's dilemma - everyone would be safer if e

Odds are the drunk driver is going to be driving a pick-up truck themselves [1]. This is a perfect example of prisoner's dilemma - everyone would be safer if everyone else was driving smaller cars. But because people are optimizing for their own safety everybody ends up buying large cars. In the end, nobody is actually safer, and there are tons of negative externalities caused by everyone driving large cars (increased fuel consumption, road wear, significantly higher risks for pedestrians and other road users, etc). [1] https://insurify.com/insights/car-models-most-duis-2020/#1.-ram-2500 https://insurify.com/insights/car-models-most-duis-2020/#1.-...