Safety on modern cars is taken pretty seriously by regulators, but not by law enforcement. If you kill somebody when you're behind the wheel, and you were sobe

Safety on modern cars is taken pretty seriously by regulators, but not by law enforcement. If you kill somebody when you're behind the wheel, and you were sober? You'll usually get dinged with "failure to yield", which basically means "there was an accident and it was your fault because your car was where it was when it had no right to be". Like turning when the intersection isn't clear or something. That comes with a $500 fine. A $500 for taking a life by negligence. Yeah, besides airbags and seat-belts, we collectively don't give a crap about vehicular safety.