Over the last ten years, aggressive driving has cost society about how much?

• A. $10 billion
• B. $24 billion
• C. $40 billion
• D. $60 billion

Answer: (B)

Aggressive driving increases both the likelihood and the severity of crashes, which translates into costs across medical care, lost productivity, property damage, and legal/insurance expenses. When these costs are added up over a ten-year period, the total is estimated at about twenty-four billion dollars. This figure reflects the cumulative burden on society from aggressive driving over that decade, not an annual amount or a different time frame. The other numbers would imply a different time scale or a much larger annual cost, so they don’t match the ten-year total described here.