Perspective
Mar. 18, 2011
Auto Design Safety: Regulation by the People
The threat of litigation is currently the biggest check on automobile manufacturers that try to put cost savings ahead of safety. By Brian S. Kabateck of Kabateck Brown Kellner and Jon A. Atabek.
No one disputes that seatbelts save lives. We teach that to our children. We make it illegal not to wear them. And we even instruct automobile manufacturers on how to implement seatbelt laws by using regulation and litigation. Unfortunately, regulations can sometimes be unclear, lax, or have a purpose other than just dictating the safest, most cost-effective method of protecting precious cargo. Fortunately, the U.S. Supreme ...
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