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105 points

Wow the value of a life I guess. I don’t really know what can come close to the value of a life, but this doesn’t seem like it.

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What would be the value of life then? I’ll save you the answer: no matter how big the number you say, someone else will say bigger. Until it becomes priceless, which is the answer.

However death and accidental death isn’t always avoidable. And when we pin the fault on someone we cannot expect to say “priceless” is what they owe the victim’s family. So we assign an amount of money or time that hurts, and call it good.

Doesn’t mean life is worth that. And saying so doesn’t help anyone.

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Sure but even looking a only the financial produce of one person for a family dwarfs the comical 23k here. And that’s not even looking at the emotional side of things. 23k is straight insulting imho.

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Two people were killed, so you’re really talking 11.5k.

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That’s life insurances job, this would be on top of life insurance, and is more about where the money comes than where it is going.

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True. But what if Tesla has to pay a billion for producing software that runs people over? They probably would not have beta software on the road.

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The U.S. uses the value of statistical life VSL. Here are the numbers from the Department of Transportation over the last 10 years or so.

So, it is interesting and egregious that the driver needs only pay $23K and Tesla pays nothing at all!

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So according to this, the DoT values a life at $12.5M in 2022? I’m curious about their methodology.

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That was the penalty for the felony charge for the driver of the car that ran off the highway into a surface street. It’s almost certain that drivers insurance also paid out their maximum.

In addition, Tesla is recalling all those cars to change the system that pretends to ensure a driver using autopilot is actually paying attention.

And a civil suit will likely follow from the 2 victims families.

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That is just the fine, the families are suing the driver and Tesla. Here’s hoping the Tesla suit gives them the real prize: the death of a company.

(I know it won’t happen but a guy can dream.)

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