I have little sympathy for the death toll routinely inflicted by distracted drivers of two-ton rolling fortresses upon those who leave the house without donning

I have little sympathy for the death toll routinely inflicted by distracted drivers of two-ton rolling fortresses upon those who leave the house without donning a tank. All those crumple zones are only helping the occupants. It's a form of violence once you start taking risk compensation into account. Personally I wouldn't mind it at all if drivers were a little more on the hook for the dangers they create. (and why did you think a rightsized car would forego seatbelts and had restraints?)