“…It as apparent from the table that these accident costs, while substanttal, are not so large as to overwhelm the other costs that people votuntanly bear when driving automobiles For example, they are only 21 percent as large as the first four categories shown m the table, which exclude parking or motor-vehicle taxes. Therefore, we m:ght expect that ff drivers were faced more dtrectly with these accident costs than they are now, they rmght take greater measures to reduce acc:dents, but these measures would not mchide drastic curtmlment of automobile use Recent marketing trends m the automobile industry confirm that customers are wxllmg to put up substanual sums to :mprove safety, for exampIe by paying for antflock brakes, an" bags, and other safety features (McCarthy~ 1990, Calfee and Winston, 1993. Mamaenng and Winston, 1995 If this ~s so, what justtficatmn ~s there for any government intervention?…”