Comment 117428

By kevlahan (registered) | Posted April 01, 2016 at 15:54:41 in reply to Comment 117420

Just to be clear, considering the dollar "value" of a human life compared to the hypothetical marginal "cost" of the final changes necessary to eliminate the last death is not helpful because the question we are considering is whether to adopt and implement Vision Zero now under current conditions.

And Vision Zero has been shown to be beneficial long before we approach the zero death lower bound.

In other words, a Vision Zero approach reduces deaths (and injuries) better than the conventional "acceptable deaths" approach. And cost has not been an issue in places that have adopted it, it is more a question of prioritizing safety over speed and ease of driving (as the Economist article points out).

Comment edited by kevlahan on 2016-04-01 15:56:25

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