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Egg-Timer: Climate Policy and Public Acceptance Location: D-110 Session Chair: da Costa Pascal, Laboratoire Genie Industriel, SERG, CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette | |
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Wildfire Smoke and Road Accidents: Evidence from Alberta University of Calgary, Canada This paper examines how wildfire smoke exposure affects road safety in Alberta. Combining satellite-based smoke plume data with municipality-day accident records from 2016 to 2022, I find that accident incidents rise on low- and medium-smoke days but fall sharply on heavy-smoke days. Traffic volume data show that vehicle counts remain unchanged when smoke is light yet decline substantially under heavy smoke, indicating that people avoid driving only when conditions are visibly severe. These patterns suggest that on low-smoke days, drivers continue their usual travel but may experience reduced cognitive performance, leading to more accidents even though they do not perceive a risk. The results highlight an overlooked behavioral cost of wildfire smoke exposure and underscore the need for public awareness that smoke can impair cognition and driving safety even when it is not readily perceptible. | |