> "Cars kill 40,000 people every year in the USA. Nothing is done about that number."
Nothing? Much has been done and continues to be done to make roads and cars safer. US road deaths, per population, have fallen by almost 2/3 since their peak in 1969. By miles travelled, deaths have fallen almost 80% since the 1960s.
This has largely been a result of regulation, including:
- Standardized crash testing
- Compulsory seatbelts
- Compulsory electronic traction/stability control
- Compulsory airbags
etc
Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) is currently in the process of being adopted, and will be fitted in all new US passenger vehicles by 2022. Further significant improvements from things like lane keeping and self driving technologies can be expected in the coming years/decades.
Nothing? Much has been done and continues to be done to make roads and cars safer. US road deaths, per population, have fallen by almost 2/3 since their peak in 1969. By miles travelled, deaths have fallen almost 80% since the 1960s.
This has largely been a result of regulation, including:
- Standardized crash testing
- Compulsory seatbelts
- Compulsory electronic traction/stability control
- Compulsory airbags
etc
Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) is currently in the process of being adopted, and will be fitted in all new US passenger vehicles by 2022. Further significant improvements from things like lane keeping and self driving technologies can be expected in the coming years/decades.