[WheatMillington]

Is this a tragedy of the commons, or am I misapplying this term? At an individual level it makes complete sense to put your family into the safest car possible - your thoughts are with you and your family, not the strangers around you.

[brailsafe]

Personal automobile ownership is the source of more tragedies of the commons than anything else I can think of. The only personally incurred negative externality that comes to mind at the moment would be the decreased likelihood of having a healthy lifestyle based on decreased need to walk anywhere.

[brailsafe]

Personal automobile ownership is the source of more tragedies of the commons than anything else I can think of.

[t0bia_s]

You still increase death risk of your children simple by sitting them in car. Car accidents are leading cause of death of children in wealth countries.