I suspect the gulf between actual-good-drivers and normal drivers in deaths is massive
This is one of the factors that I see as a potential crux. I see it as plausible that this would flip me from “not worth it” to “worth it”. The logic I used in the post about the ratio of non-alcohol to alcohol related fatalities is my current best guess, and it does seem sorta intuitive that there’s only so much you could do to protect yourself against others on the road, but I’d like to be proven wrong.
If you’re not driving, what’s your alternative?
I envision living in a walkable city like New York or Boston. I agree that even in those situations there’d still be times you need a car, though such as going to the airport.
Having a car and living close enough to things that you don’t needing aren’t mutually exclusive.
Yeah. I agree that “Is driving worth it?” could be broken down into questions like “Is it worth it for X?”. Choosing a place to live where you could walk to eg. coffee shops and restaurants is easier than choosing a place where everything you need is walking distance. But in practice, if my valuations on life are in the right ballpark, I think the answer doesn’t end up depending on X too much. So I see the crux as how much to value life + if I’m off by orders of magnitude on things like driving safety.
This is one of the factors that I see as a potential crux. I see it as plausible that this would flip me from “not worth it” to “worth it”. The logic I used in the post about the ratio of non-alcohol to alcohol related fatalities is my current best guess, and it does seem sorta intuitive that there’s only so much you could do to protect yourself against others on the road, but I’d like to be proven wrong.
I envision living in a walkable city like New York or Boston. I agree that even in those situations there’d still be times you need a car, though such as going to the airport.
Yeah. I agree that “Is driving worth it?” could be broken down into questions like “Is it worth it for X?”. Choosing a place to live where you could walk to eg. coffee shops and restaurants is easier than choosing a place where everything you need is walking distance. But in practice, if my valuations on life are in the right ballpark, I think the answer doesn’t end up depending on X too much. So I see the crux as how much to value life + if I’m off by orders of magnitude on things like driving safety.