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the science of keeping two-ton objects from becoming projectiles at seventy miles an hour.
means the field of engineering, policy, and behavior change devoted to preventing crashes and reducing their damage when prevention fails.
from emerged as a formal discipline in the 1960s after Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed exposed automakers ignoring known design flaws, forcing seatbelts, crumple zones, and federal oversight into existence.
seatbeltscut fatal injury risk by roughly 45 percent
biggest killerhuman error causes over 90 percent of crashes
speed mathimpact force rises with the square of speed
unsung herorumble strips prevent more deaths than airbags realize