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Is that not what would happen over time?

• beardyw 2y ago
  That would be a comfort to the bereaved.
  • tekla 2y ago
    Incentive to stop tailgating
    • mtVessel 2y ago
      People who tailgate are impervious to those types of incentives.
      • tekla 2y ago
        Thats why insurance rate rises are a good thing
  • acdha 2y ago
    If you’re inattentive while going so fast and so close that it’s a fatality rather than a fender bender, you’re already making a big gamble with your safety. Remember that the background here is 40k dead and hundreds of thousands injured, and costs estimated at close to a trillion dollars annually (what we pay for car insurance is so low that driving is effectively subsidized by the medical system and people’s well-being and productivity[1]). The question has to be whether there are significantly fewer crashes with these systems than without. 1. https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/01/18/why-car-insurance-in-america-is-actually-too-cheap https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/01/18/why-car-i...