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The Economics of Railroad Safety
Ian Savage
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hardcover. Aims to examine the exact nature of the 'safety problem': how much safety should be provided; what might hinder obtaining such a level of provision; and what we can do about it. Discussion of safety is often infused with emotion. By contrast, this book uses a logical approach to laying out the economics of safety. Series: Transportation, Research, Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; KNG; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 532.
The American public has a fascination with railroad wrecks that goes back a long way. One hundred years ago, staged railroad accidents were popular events. At the Iowa State fair in 1896, 89,000 people paid $20 each, at current prices, to see two trains, throttles wide open, collide with each other. "Head-on Joe" Connolly made a business out of "cornfield meets" holding seventy-three events in thirty-six years. Picture books of train wrecks do good business presumably because a train wreck can guarantee a spectacular destruction of property without the messy loss of life associated with aircraft accidents. A "train wreck" ... Read more
The American public has a fascination with railroad wrecks that goes back a long way. One hundred years ago, staged railroad accidents were popular events. At the Iowa State fair in 1896, 89,000 people paid $20 each, at current prices, to see two trains, throttles wide open, collide with each other. "Head-on Joe" Connolly made a business out of "cornfield meets" holding seventy-three events in thirty-six years. Picture books of train wrecks do good business presumably because a train wreck can guarantee a spectacular destruction of property without the messy loss of life associated with aircraft accidents. A "train wreck" ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Transportation, Research, Economics and Policy
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792382195
SKU
V9780792382195
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99-15
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