> there is a point where we can say that “safety” has gone too far. Everyone's safety is the Number 1 rule in avionics. How or why is the motor vehicle industr

> there is a point where we can say that “safety” has gone too far. Everyone's safety is the Number 1 rule in avionics. How or why is the motor vehicle industry exempted from responsible design? The best-selling vehicles in the US are trucks: pick-up trucks as urban transport! The motor-vehicle industry is also building trucks as passenger vehicles with more seats. The marketing term is "SUV". The further absurdity of making large-battery electric truck-passenger vehicles is squandering the opportunity to make smaller, efficient EVs and reduce pollution. Over 1.3 billion litres of petrol are burned in motor vehicles in the US every day.[1] Of course, any category of product that depends on the petroleum industry is unlikely to be part of an environmental solution, even if we were just hoping to have less pollution in our communities. The annual loss of life due to motor-vehicle accidents is a frightening figure (30K/year in the US, 20K/year in the EU). Double that number for estimated deaths related to pollution from burning petrol. But don't blame the industry, it's your own fault and personal choice to breathe the atmosphere. /s The sustainable community response is not to demand that "car park providers [...] think of new ways to accommodate larger cars." Governments seem afraid to pass crucial legislation and Industrial accounting nationalises this heavy annual loss by merging it in the "personal freedom and incompetence" column. [1] _ https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/gasoline/use-of-gasoline.php https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/gasoline/use-of-gasoline...