[sixothree]

It's not ignored. Democrats have been pushing automobile safety since the 1970's, uphill the entire time against republican opponents.

[pjc50]

Weirdly, one of the key people, the author of Unsafe at any speed, ended up as a crank accelerationist third-party presidential candidate.

[rightbyte]

I think it is a quite common fate for these 'see ignored problems clearly' types to go insane.