[adimitrov]

The car industry has forever not given a fuck about people who aren't their direct customers, mostly because they don't have to.

Nobody's buying a car on the merit that it will protect victims of a crash that aren't in the car itself. I think that's mostly due to the cognitive dissonance that people have where they think that they're not going to be the one to cause a wreck somebody else dies in. Because if you were aware of that possibility, you'd have to be aware of your responsibility to drive safely. But driving should be cool, fun, and maybe even practical, at least that's how car companies sell their product.

Safety is only ever marketed to the consumer as something that protects them.

[wazoox]

Case in point: see the worldwide exploding sales of SUVs, which are arguably a scandal on all and every aspect.