"The morality of driving personal motor vehicles in Ethiopia: an ethical analysis of risk imposition"

THE MORALITY OF DRIVING PERSONAL MOTOR VEHICLES IN ETHIOPIA: AN ETHICAL ANALYSIS OF RISK IMPOSITION
1 INTRODUCTION
In many low-income countries, car ownership is increasingly contributing to higher motorisation level in cities and urban areas (El Deeb, 2022; Gorham et al., 2017; World Bank, 2021). Unfortunately, current policymaking, as well as academic and public debate in these countries neglect the many ethical implications of the growing motorization. One major ignored ethical and public health issue is that of road fatalities and injuries. Every year over 1.35 million people are killed and between 20 to 50 million are injured due to road traffic crashes (WHO, 2018). About 93% of road fatalities are happening in low and middle-income countries despite the fact that they only account for half of registered motor vehicles in the world (WHO, 2018).

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