On: Removing street signs, lights and arrows increases...

[jacquesm]

People walking on the edge of a 100' drop tend to walk very carefully. The end result of this sort of reasoning is a steel spike sticking out of the steering wheel in the place where the airbag sits now.

[emmett → jacquesm]

If applying a steel spike sticking out of the steering wheel resulted in a measurable decrease in deaths from traffic accidents, would you support it?

[jacquesm → emmett]

That's a really good question. I think I should, but I find the concept somewhat disconcerting.

There are a fairly large number of single vehicle accidents so I don't think that it really would lead to a measurable decrease though.

Alternatives: everybody should drive cars with bodies made of hardened but very thin glass (I'd support that one).

Maximum weight of a personal car 750 Kg.

[Unseelie → jacquesm]

Or a canister of gunpowder?

[epochwolf → Unseelie]

I don't think we need hollywood car crashes in real life.