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We agree by OrangeJubilee

There needs to be a risk/benefit analysis as you noted. I don't know that I agree the relative weight that tradeoffs are scored by you. but the point is there are tradeoffs.

We could eliminate almost 33,000 deaths (all ages) by just making all cars have a governed maximum speed of 25 MPH. Is people being in a rush a reasonable tradeoff for 33,000 deaths? We as a society have actually decided it is. (And actually much more death was ok as a tradeoff in the past.)

But my point was just to state this "zero risk" mentality is a really bad way to think.