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October 20, 2012

cars are better than they were 50 years ago...

Greg notes a crash test of old and fairly new



We have a combination of forces from the insurance industry and government to bring us better safety. The auto industry mostly fought these changes as "too expensive" and "anti-competitive"...  Only in recent years, when the marketers realized that safety could be sold (Volvo being the early exception) did we see a change in attitude.

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