More than 113 people have been killed, and thousands injured, by air bags. But this is patently untrue. Indeed, when the Department of Transportation and its National Highway Traffic Safety Administration first proposed mandatory air bags in passenger cars, the industry sent engineers to Washington to explain that there were risks involved and that some people would almost certainly be hurt should the bags become a required feature. This tacit admission of the correctness of the auto industry's position did not sway the jury in Philadelphia. Now DaimlerChrysler has been brought to account for the government's injudicious regulatory policies.
Individual responsibility is buried in the rubble.
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