Wouldn't the safety standards change if all cars would weight X% of current mass? According to quick googling cars got heavier: "The average new car weighed 3,

Wouldn't the safety standards change if all cars would weight X% of current mass? According to quick googling cars got heavier: "The average new car weighed 3,221 pounds [1461 kg] in 1987 but 4,009 pounds [1818kg] in 2010." [1]. The weight of a trabant, which was probably a very badly engineered car, was about 600 kg [2] - 1/3 of a modern car. I imagine we could make cars today even lighter and if weight of all cars would be similar than the safety standards would be much different. [1] https://slate.com/business/2011/06/american-cars-are-getting-heavier-and-heavier-is-that-dangerous.html https://slate.com/business/2011/06/american-cars-are-getting... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant