I’ve witnessed plenty of auto TCs — more than motorcycles and some quite nasty.
And I get to see reports and photos for auto TCs also. Death, blunt force trauma, limbs and heads off, crush injuries, paralysis and even immolation can all happen to you in your car.
You are right — people are not nearly as safe in their autos as they think they are. Most people drive way too fast and are inattentive.
And I know there are FReepers who chafe at the idea of mandatory seatbelt laws. But unbelted drivers (and passengers) are as foolish as anyone who takes to the streets on two wheels. Getting ejected is a bad thing. Getting partially ejected is a bad thing.
Of course even careful drivers are taken from this world in an instant by something as out of their control as debris kicked over the median barrier from traffic going the other way.
Then I’m really going to disappoint you by telling you I always wear a helmet and leathers, ride a trike, always watch EVERYTHING going on around me at *least* a half mile ahead and won’t drive past the end of my lane without my seat belt on and have done so since I was 15, *many* years before my state made it mandatory.
[I also wouldn’t budge an inch until any/all passengers were strapped in as well]
Just as my driver’s ed manual instructed me, I decrease my speed by 5-10 mph after dark and during inclement weather.
I am an obnoxiously attentive and careful driver.
After 33 years of driving and nary even a paint chip, I must be doing something right.