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by bombcar 844 days ago
Even if they cut collisions by 50% or more, if they more than double the cost of the ones that still happen, it’s a wash.

Still worth it, likely, because saving lives doesn’t really have a dollar amount (cue fight club) - but certainly there.

Old steel bumpered cars would have zero costs at 0-5 mph collision; plastic breaks even at nearly zero. But the newer car safety is much higher.