So we have demanded that the Auto Makers make more fuel-efficient cars now have we? Well this is a good idea indeed however how they go about this may also be very important for the sanctity of life. You see over 44,000 people die in automobile accidents each year and of those most are in small passenger cars and SUVs.
If Auto Makers are commanded to make more fuel-efficient cars they will need to use lighter weight materials and in doing so will indeed cause them to be made of less strong materials, which will mean their safety rating is not as high, meaning more people in accidents will die. So it would seem that perhaps a caveat to the increased fuel mileage would be to make sure that the safety rating does not decrease. Because if you increase fuel economy but kill the driver, well one could say that is really not such a noble plan at all.