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Re:Want fewer car accidents? Remove traffic signals and road... by lucianbr on Sunday July 23, 2023 @04:11PM (#36839304)
Jeremy Clarkson. Obviously it was meant as a joke. I can't believe people take this sort of thing seriously, it would require having no life experience at all.
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Re:Want fewer car accidents? Remove traffic signals and road... by jonnycomputer on Thursday July 27, 2023 @09:53AM (#36893529)
Other poster referred me to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Tullock#Tullock's_spike

I think I probably heard it from an economist colleague of mine, who knew of Tullock's thought experiment.

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