Right now I wish I could try these things, but unfortunately I'm a grown-up and realize my physical limitations, so I'll live vicariously through these three youngsters.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Baffles the mind
Would it really change the way you drive? For me I'd never hop on a bus again.
The threat of being killed in an accident is a powerful incentive to drive carefully. But a driver with a seat belt and a padded dashboard faces less of a threat. Because people respond to incentives, drivers are less careful...... If the seat belts were removed from your car, wouldn’t you be more cautious in driving? Carrying this observation to the extreme, Armen Alchian of the University of California at Los Angeles has suggested a way to bring about a major reduction in the accident rate: Require every car to have a spear mounted on the steering wheel, pointing directly at the driver’s heart. Alchian confidently predicts that we would see a lot less tailgating.
Source: Landsburg, S. (1993) ‘The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life’, The Free Press, New York.
The threat of being killed in an accident is a powerful incentive to drive carefully. But a driver with a seat belt and a padded dashboard faces less of a threat. Because people respond to incentives, drivers are less careful...... If the seat belts were removed from your car, wouldn’t you be more cautious in driving? Carrying this observation to the extreme, Armen Alchian of the University of California at Los Angeles has suggested a way to bring about a major reduction in the accident rate: Require every car to have a spear mounted on the steering wheel, pointing directly at the driver’s heart. Alchian confidently predicts that we would see a lot less tailgating.
Source: Landsburg, S. (1993) ‘The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life’, The Free Press, New York.
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