Very quick, likely highly flawed and inaccurate Fermi on the worthwhileness of riding in SUVs or vans instead of sedans:
~50% safer per mile maybe
~20% more expensive to buy / rent / rideshare
~1 day per year gained in expectation for a 35 yo
~$10k spent on vehicle travel per year per person
Cost: ~$2k / day of life gained
Worthwhile if valuing a year at: ~$600k or greater
what’s this based on? At one point SUVs had a higher death rate due to risk of rollover, in addition to the negative externalities.
It’s only safer for the occupants of the SUV. For everyone else, an SUV is more dangerous.
So factor in the cost of the other members of your decision theoretic agent-class with respect to driving SUVs for safety reasons also driving SUVs
Very quick, likely highly flawed and inaccurate Fermi on the worthwhileness of riding in SUVs or vans instead of sedans:
~50% safer per mile maybe
~20% more expensive to buy / rent / rideshare
~1 day per year gained in expectation for a 35 yo
~$10k spent on vehicle travel per year per person
Cost: ~$2k / day of life gained
Worthwhile if valuing a year at: ~$600k or greater
what’s this based on? At one point SUVs had a higher death rate due to risk of rollover, in addition to the negative externalities.
It’s only safer for the occupants of the SUV. For everyone else, an SUV is more dangerous.
So factor in the cost of the other members of your decision theoretic agent-class with respect to driving SUVs for safety reasons also driving SUVs