Have auto fatalities gone down as a result of stricter safety laws in the USA?

[Matt Timion]

Just curious if anyone can help me find some data. I'm wondering if the increasingly stricter safety laws in automobiles have resulted in fewer fatalities.

[SVOboy]

According to an inconvenient truth they have!

http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/01/Auto...a_death_stats/

[Matt Timion]

Originally Posted by SVOboy

According to an inconvenient truth they have!

http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/01/Auto...a_death_stats/

Great link. Thanks

[MetroMPG]

I also recently saw an article about side air bags that claimed (statistically) they significantly cut fatalities in side impacts. Of course, now I can't find it.

[onegammyleg]

If mans smart enough to fly to the moon , then they should be able to make perfectly safe cars.

[thisisntjared]

Originally Posted by onegammyleg

If mans smart enough to fly to the moon , then they should be able to make perfectly safe cars.

they do, just not like that america car there

[onegammyleg]

Hi thisisntjared -?they do?

Where ? , I have never seen a car that gauranteees occupant safety.

[JanGeo]

space ships are not that safe - apollo 13 hello! Seems that air bags didn't save as many lives as seat belts did according to the news when they talked about stability control being required.

[onegammyleg]

Hi JanGeo -?space ships are not that safe - apollo 13 hello!?

Really ?
1 dozen people have walked on the moon.
Each persoan has traveled the almost half million mile journey there and back safely , not counting the ones that just orbited and returned., and not counting the millions of miles the shuttle has run with only a few losses of life.

By comparison , distance versus fatalities, space is safe., cars are not.

[thisisntjared]

by your standards then nothing is safe.