Car Safety Debates

If safety was a reason half of modern cars would be straight up banned

You are correct, and here's a citation for your assertion: https://danluu.com/car-safety/ .

> People here are also consuming new cars - which are also generally saferIsn't that a core part of their strategy? Increasing vehicle safety standards (including for passengers)? I don't think that's some kind of gotcha - it's literally what they're trying to do.

What about crash safety though - newer cars are much better

Uhh... I'm pretty sure vehicle safety improvements have more to do with that than anything.

This is a hypothetical in this situation, car manufacturers are under no such obligation. Also, rules like this tend to get reversed once the true risk is realized- people dying that is. We do all kinds of things for very marginal improvements to security these days

No more accidents to the safety mechanisms in cars can be removed? What could possibly go wrong.

Off the top of my head:* If the design of your car makes you a less safe driver, you are more likely to crash into me.* The US as a society has committed (surprisingly recently) to providing emergency care to anyone who shows up at a hospital before asking whether they can pay. Car accidents are a sadly common reason for people requiring emergency care. That means that reducing car accidents is a public benefit.* Modern societies have made the choice in general to require some baseline

Cars (period) are not inherently safe to begin with.Perhaps it would help if you applied your argument to good old regular cars and see where it fails.

Part of me thinks it's auto companies both making sure they dot their i's and cross their t's in case they get hauled into court regarding vehicle safety as well as hammering "look, we're safer than other vehicles!" down consumers' throats.Or my perceived level of competence among the average driver is way off and the general population needs to be coddled.