Rear view cameras: $18M per life saved

[Nebor]

I was just saying that we don't really "objectively" value human life at that figure. It might be a number tossed out by the government but in the real world the value of human life is way less than 18 million.

Afghans are paid for the lives of their family members all the time. They receive the real world value of an Afghan life.

Which is far less than that of an American life, which is far less than $18M, because it's about $5M, like I said.

 

[micrometers]

The lady in the article had a backup sensor on her SUV but said it did not work.

really?

I'd think sound would actually be better since in general you wouldn't have to think. Just hear sound -> hit brake.

 

[Throckmorton]

Afghans are paid for the lives of their family members all the time. They receive the real world value of an Afghan life.

Which is far less than that of an American life, which is far less than $18M, because it's about $5M, like I said.

The amount someone is compensated for losing a loved one isn't the same as the value of a human life. If it were, the family of a dead marine (that someone used as an example earlier) would be made whole by the death benefits, which isn't the case.

 

[BoberFett]

The self-regulating free markets drivel.

The free market forced this woman to run over her child?

Is there nothing you lefty kooks can't blame on the free market?

 

[bfdd]

lols @ people defending this retarded legislation. WE SHOULD NOT BE LEGISLATING TO PROP UP MORONS. We should be ostracizing them and making their failures known so other people don't make such stupid fucking mistakes. Seriously you guys are basically defending a baby killer. Not just some kid, her own kid. What a shitty parent.