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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
I guess this is getting a bit away from books, but, well, following Harry's lead and all:
Cars have gradually been getting safer in many ways. For example, the US mandated new stability controls requirements with the current model year. Here's a year by year rundown on EU-mandated emissions and safety improvements from 1970 to 2011:
Automotive Directives and regulations - motor vehicles |
What we would need would be a graph showing pedestrian fatality rates for each year that the "safety" devices were introduced and/or made compulsory. It's the illusion of invincibility that they instil in drivers that leads to the increase in deaths among pedestrians and others outside the vehicle.