Washington Post: Researchers came up with a price tag for bad driving (https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/researchers-came-up-with-a-price-tag-for-bad-driving/2016/10/15/a398e64c-8749-11e6-ac72-a29979381495_story.html)
QuoteThere are some national studies that address the staggering cost of traffic crashes. (I'll call them crashes rather than accidents, because in so many cases, there's fault to be found with someone or something. The damage, injuries and deaths are not inevitable.)
QuoteThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated the annual economic cost and societal harm of motor vehicle crashes at $836 billion, based on data for 2010.
QuoteIn coming up with that price tag, the safety administration said it included such factors as productivity losses, property damage, medical and rehabilitation costs, congestion costs, legal and court costs, emergency services, insurance administration costs, costs to employers and lost quality of life.
QuoteHaven't been in a crash and you're thinking, what's that to me besides some really big number?
QuoteNearly 77 percent of the economic costs are paid through taxes, insurance premiums and congestion-related effects, such as travel delays, excess fuel consumption and environmental effects, the safety administration said.