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Just think of how much smaller cars could be if we removed seatbelts and airbags! There's no evidence that people who ride in cars are safer than people who ri

• Aerroon 5y ago
  >Just think of how much smaller cars could be if we removed seatbelts and airbags! A stairway is going to take up a lot more space in a building than seatbelts and airbags are. By my estimation my apartment building would lose over 10% of its living space by doubling its amount of staircases. However, I doubt that it would make a big difference in the cost of housing itself. It seems to me that housing is pricey because it's an investment rather than the labor cost being prohibitive.
• epistasis 5y ago
  There's a lot of evidence that cars are made far safer with seatbelts and airbags. I don't think there's as much for school buses. The types of crashes, the skill of the drivers, the seats themselves, the size of the passengers versus the size of the seat backs, and the weight of school buses versus cars are quite different.
  • phendrenad2 5y ago
    You mean comparing school buses without something and cars with something isn't fair? Just like comparing buildings in the US with something vs buildings in Europe without something isn't fair?
• cesarb 5y ago
  > Just think of how much smaller cars could be if we removed seatbelts and airbags! I remember when cars had no airbags, and only lap belts on the front seats. Adding seatbelts and airbags didn't change the car size. The only difference I noticed in general was the loss or shrinking of the glove compartment (for the right airbag), and (for the left airbag) the horn button moving from the center of the steering wheel to somewhere else (usually one of the stalks).