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The headline is misleading. Yes, a new luxury car is safer than one from 15 years ago, but both are infinitely safer than a car from the 1970s where seatbelts d
by decimalenough 1y ago
The headline is misleading. Yes, a new luxury car is safer than one from 15 years ago, but both are infinitely safer than a car from the 1970s where seatbelts didn't exist and the crumple zone for the steering wheel column was your chest.
- sheepscreek 1y agoThat’s a great point - safety has been improving at an incredible pace over the years. The same argument could possibly be made when comparing a vehicle from 1960 with another from 1975. I wonder if some things got lost in translation.
- mikestew 1y agoYour point stands, but collapsible steering columns and seat belts have been mandated in the U. S. since the late '60s. At the same time, "luxury"? Even our 20 year old Scion has ABS and air bags. Okay, no lane keeping or collision avoidance, but I've got that on my (granted, top trim) Hyundai.
- tim333 1y agoSeat belts were compulsory equipment in cars from about 1966.
- dfxm12 1y agoWhat do you mean misleading? It is a direct quote.
- decimalenough 1y agoThe headline implies the situation "today" is somehow worse than it used to be, when this is manifestly not the case.
- dfxm12 1y agoThe headline implies Giorgetto Giugaro said something. If you infer something else, that's on you. It is important for media literacy to understand these distinctions.