Stephen Sugarman writes for The Atlantic, July 3, 2012
New safety-promoting mechanisms should be relied upon instead of personal injury law…. we should increase the penalties for drivers who carelessly cause injuries in the way that many states have upped the fines for drunk driving. At the same time, new cars should come with either higher taxes or tax credits depending on which of the cutting-edge safety features they do or do not contain—like side air bags, roll-over prevention mechanisms, and traction control.