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Not mentioned in the article is that increasing regulations for safety and efficiency are the cause of worse visibility, because they encourage or require more
by modeless 1y ago
Not mentioned in the article is that increasing regulations for safety and efficiency are the cause of worse visibility, because they encourage or require more airbags, more strength, more crumple zones, higher hoods, and more shallowly sloped windows.
- btmiller 1y agoThat’s an important point to remember. Do you think all the car safety regulations were the most effective and achievable solution in the US? Or are there alternatives to achieving safety without resorting to mass transit? Don’t get me wrong, I live in a city and good mass transit would be AWESOME (for safety too). I don’t think that environment is shared by a majority of Americans, and so I’m still skeptical whether extensive mass transit networks across America would ever be economically and technically realistic (i.e. the suburb i grew up in will certainly never have city walkability).