sanqueue@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoTesla driver who killed 2 people while using autopilot must pay $23,000 in restitution without having to serve any jail timefortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1557arrow-down118 cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squarePeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 months agoThe 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!
minus-squarecatastrophicblues@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoSo according to this, the DoT values a life at $12.5M in 2022? I’m curious about their methodology.
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!
So according to this, the DoT values a life at $12.5M in 2022? I’m curious about their methodology.