Post #1620403
2026-03-18 04:14 UTC
@ai6yr It’s the exact opposite of the Tullock's spike thought experiment.
“…in which Tullock suggested that if governments were serious about reducing road casualties, they should mandate that a sharp spike be installed in the center of each car's steering wheel, to increase the probability that an accident would be fatal to the driver. Tullock's idea was that the normal process of risk compensation would then lead to safer driving by the affected drivers, thereby actually reducing driving fatalities.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Tullock?wprov=sfti1#Tullock's_spike
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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org 2026-03-18 04:26
@whybird 🤔
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@Dougfir@m.ai6yr.org 2026-03-18 08:16
@whybird @ai6yr One of the gorey movies we were shown in drivers Ed back in high school was people dying from being speared by the steering column when the steering wheel broke off. Modern safety standards require collapsible steering columns and steering wheels with air bags.