Comments on: Is Auto Safety Taking A Back Seat To Green Innovation? http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/01/17/is-auto-safety-taking-a-back-seat-to-green-innovations/ Environmental Leader Thu, 24 May 2012 16:26:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Harish Dalal http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/01/17/is-auto-safety-taking-a-back-seat-to-green-innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-33749 Harish Dalal Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:01:33 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/01/17/is-auto-safety-taking-a-back-seat-to-green-innovations/#comment-33749 The Green innovations are signs of increased responsibility to our environment. It therefore has to share increased responsibility on the part of drivers. If both these responsibilities are in sync, the accidental deaths should reduce. The Green innovations are signs of increased responsibility to our environment. It therefore has to share increased responsibility on the part of drivers. If both these responsibilities are in sync, the accidental deaths should reduce.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/01/17/is-auto-safety-taking-a-back-seat-to-green-innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-33531 Jennifer Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:37:03 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/01/17/is-auto-safety-taking-a-back-seat-to-green-innovations/#comment-33531 The insurance agency should be more concerned about the effects of climate change causing more property damage and health insurance costs. Instead, here they are being quoted of trying to derail one of the means by which our nations can be proactive about climate change. Smaller, fuel efficient vehicles are a major contribution to cutting our climate change impacts. Furthermore, I highly doubt ANY responsible major auto manufacturer would be foolish enough to put safety on the line in the name of going green. The insurance agency should be more concerned about the effects of climate change causing more property damage and health insurance costs. Instead, here they are being quoted of trying to derail one of the means by which our nations can be proactive about climate change. Smaller, fuel efficient vehicles are a major contribution to cutting our climate change impacts. Furthermore, I highly doubt ANY responsible major auto manufacturer would be foolish enough to put safety on the line in the name of going green.

]]> By: Justin Barnes http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/01/17/is-auto-safety-taking-a-back-seat-to-green-innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-33121 Justin Barnes Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:01:20 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/01/17/is-auto-safety-taking-a-back-seat-to-green-innovations/#comment-33121 This is a potentially serious problem, but it seems to me that no one ever looks at it from the opposite perspective. In other words, is the problem the recent proliferation of small vehicles or is it the proliferation of larger vehicles over the course of the last decade? I find it odd that "blame" is so often placed on presumed inadequacies in small car engineering (avoidable or otherwise) while larger vehicles aren't deemed equally culpable. Maybe we should start re-engineering our larger vehicles to make them more small-car-collision friendly, to the extent that is possible. This is a potentially serious problem, but it seems to me that no one ever looks at it from the opposite perspective. In other words, is the problem the recent proliferation of small vehicles or is it the proliferation of larger vehicles over the course of the last decade? I find it odd that “blame” is so often placed on presumed inadequacies in small car engineering (avoidable or otherwise) while larger vehicles aren’t deemed equally culpable. Maybe we should start re-engineering our larger vehicles to make them more small-car-collision friendly, to the extent that is possible.

]]> By: Maggie http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/01/17/is-auto-safety-taking-a-back-seat-to-green-innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-32719 Maggie Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:15:02 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/01/17/is-auto-safety-taking-a-back-seat-to-green-innovations/#comment-32719 Many small, fuel efficient vehicles are rated very well on safety ratings. Including the Toyota Yaris, as long as adequate airbag protection is included in the vehicle. http://www.iihs.org/ratings/ratingsbyseries.aspx?id=589 Many small, fuel efficient vehicles are rated very well on safety ratings. Including the Toyota Yaris, as long as adequate airbag protection is included in the vehicle.

http://www.iihs.org/ratings/ratingsbyseries.aspx?id=589

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