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[–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

Is the reasoning for the comic, like it's cheaper for a funeral cost than someone who survives and incur cost during recovery not including the chance for a lawsuit on both scenario?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The actual reasoning by the NHTSA is that busses are statistically safer than other methods of getting to school, and that adding and requiring seatbelts reduces ridership, which pushes students to less safe ways of getting to school, and also costs money that isn't justified by the number of lives and injuries saved.

    Statistically, a human life in the US is worth about $7.5 million. So if your intervention costs $8 million and only saves one life, then you're in the hole $500 thousand.

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