Mandatory Motorcycle Helmet Laws Are Designed to Reduce the Severity

question 32

Multiple Choice

Mandatory motorcycle helmet laws are designed to reduce the severity of injuries resulting from motorcycle accidents which cost the health care system millions of dollars a year.In this sense, these mandatory helmet laws are reducing ________ of risky behavior.

• A)positive externalities
• B)negative externalities
• C)the private benefit
• D)the social benefit

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