Re:Accepting US car standards would risk European lives
by Asmod4n on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @07:46AM
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You can get charged for murder in Germany when killing someone with a car.
Re:Accepting US car standards would risk European lives
by master-lincoln on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @08:16AM
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How is this relevant? Is there any object which you can use to kill someone that will make sure you can not be charged with murder in Germany?
Re:Accepting US car standards would risk European lives
by walletdrainer on Friday December 05, 2025 @07:35AM
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A suicide vest will do the trick.
Re:Accepting US car standards would risk European lives
by dmurray on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @06:07AM
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Presumably there's some level at which this can be solved in a purely monetary way.
If the average Dodge Ram causes X millimorts of deaths per year (per km? per km on suburban roads?) and every dollar spent on public healthcare (drug interventions? road safety? Fire departments?) saves Y lives, you can increase the tax by X/Y, trust the government to spend the extra revenue in the most effective way, and everyone comes out better off.
Re:Accepting US car standards would risk European lives
by Thiez on Friday December 05, 2025 @10:00AM
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A skilled surgeon can generate millions of negative micromorts per year. Should they get a pass if once a year they push a child off the roof of the hospital? What of the classic example of killing a healthy patient and saving several lives with their organs?
It sounds so enlightened to shuffle micromorts around. What good is it to the parents of a child killed by an unsafe vehicle that increased taxes going to healthcare will ensure that 320 elderly people can live 3 months longer?
("murder" is a bit an extreme reaction but the more realistic idea may be to make harsher judgements the more pointlessly large and dangerous the vehicle is)