And to what do you attribute the fact that we are all driving safer cars now?
I’m not saying it’s all due to lawyers or class actions in particular, but they have had their intended effect.
“And to what do you attribute the fact that we are all driving safer cars now?
I’m not saying it’s all due to lawyers or class actions in particular, but they have had their intended effect.”
The most unsafe cars were the result of CAFE regulations in the 1970s. Cheap, light cars satisfied the mileage requirements.
The improvements in quality and safety were due almost entirely to the higher quality imports of the late 1970’s and 1980s. American cars were poor quality. Auto companies were worried about anti-trust legislation and UAW threats.
It was only in the 1980s that US cars began to be better built and more safe.
Improvements in technology and competition from foreign cars forced US car makers to keep improving.
Lawsuits had very little to do with it.
We’re driving safer cars because of technology. Many things have prompted it, but is all comes down to better stuff.