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Expensive vehicle safety tech is out of reach for too many

August 17, 2020 04:00 AM

Automotive innovations are saving lives. While crash fatalities remain unacceptably high — with about 100 people dying on our roads every day — today's new car models include some of the safest vehicles ever created, in part because of crash-avoidance systems that are proved to yield significant safety benefits. But these systems aren't valuable if they aren't on vehicles. Too often, this happens when buyers are presented a false choice between safety and affordability.

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