[giantg2]

"If a situation was fine before and changing something either does nothing or makes that situation worse"

But it's not. You forgot the size and weight of vehicles from previous generations. You forgot the higher fatalities of the past. You're ignoring that people today are taller. You're also ignoring that pedestrian fatalities have gone down over time when looking at the parents and grandparents timeframe to today, despite the more recent uptick.

[lonelyasacloud]

Just what from that list requires something that kills and maims other people because of its size to deliver it? Are their deaths worth it?