Correcting George F. Will

George F. Will, on December 23rd, 2007 (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/21/AR2007122101922.html):


"..our polymath Congress continued designing automobiles to make them less safe (smaller) and more expensive..."

Reality check, George....contrary to conventional wisdom, many small cars have lower fatality rates among their own drivers than SUVs or pickup. The background reading is here: "“An Analysis of Traffic Deaths by Vehicle Type and Model”

"...lest the automotive industry design cars people want"

I want a car that is significantly more fuel effiecient. So I bought a Jetta. The big three make big gas hogs, and all three are now in the dumps. See what happens when American automaker "make cars that people want"? They don't want them!