The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced several recent initiatives to improve car design and mandate automatic emergency braking systems, and these are steps in the right direction. But these technology measures fall short of addressing the core issues plaguing America's roads.
If we really want to make our streets safer, we need to place a much greater focus on how people behave behind the wheel.
Regulators are also assessing the tall hoods of SUVs and pickup trucks, based on findings that these vehicles are 45% more likely to cause fatalities than shorter cars.
Countries like Canada and Australia have just as many SUVs and large vehicles, and their fatality rates are two to three times lower than the U.S.
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