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Originally Posted by Luca Riffer
Interesting to see how much time, innovation, structural mass and $ are spent by OEM's to just "pass the crash test". It's no wonder cars weigh so much today . . . did consumers ask for this overkill? . . all of which is anti-performance, anti-efficiency, anti-economics. I am nostalgic for the days when a car buyer could assume some personal risk in seeking a car that was primarily performance-designed, not safety-designed. We have seen the enemy and it is the nanny state.
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Yeah, if consumers had a choice between a light "unsafe car" and a heavy "safer car", I know most car enthusiasts would choose the lighter car.
However think about it for a second: we collectively pay for people that are injured or die in car accidents. Even if you set aside the pain it causes to a family and a community to have one of its own severely injured or dead, it also causes a lot of economic costs that are paid at least in part by others and the government. Makes sense that to prevent a lot of suffering and healthcare costs governments want to make cars more secure.