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Prismattic comments on Safety can be dangerous - Less Wrong Discussion

4 Post author: PhilGoetz 07 September 2011 05:24AM

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Comment author: Prismattic 08 September 2011 01:58:02AM 6 points [-]

A somewhat different example (though one that appears to be based on a fairly limited amount of data):

Speed bumps slow down emergency vehicles, and that apparently costs more lives than are saved by reduced traffic collisions.