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Originally Posted by Xist
Duncan,
Math! Not even once! 
Interesting argument, though. |
I think the maths is OK
$1m x 30,000 = $30B
$30B / 8Million = $3750/car
I'm not as sure about the logic - except to say that deaths and accidents are costing a LOT more than safety gear
Another way of looking at it
Deaths - 30,00 x 1Million = $30B
Injury - 3.8M accidents causing injury - say $20,000/injury = $76B
So total $100B
Total cars - 200M -
So that gives $500/car
Not as much as the first calculation but still a lot more than the cost of about $100/car
A lot of these numbers are just guesses - but I have low balled them a fatal accident normally costs a lot more than $1m and a reportable injury a LOT more than $20,000