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That’s … what car would that possibly be? Everything has ABS, TC, air bags, crumple zones, the list goes on.
You might find things like blind spot warning and lane departure warning only on higher trim levels, but those are kind of “extra”. I’ve actually found that I prefer the wide angle mirror sections to blind spot warning, too.
Those safety features have been mandatory since like the 90s. There are more modern safety features that have been proven to reduce accidents. Automatic emergency breaking, radar cruise control, rear cross-traffic and pedestrian alert and breaking, lane centering, etc.
Many of the entry-level Japanese brands (Toyota, Honda) include these as standard on all models. For some reason, luxury brands and some American brands lock these behind higher trims.
That's fair. My wife's car has adaptive cruise, and I really like it. My car does not. Still, anything made in the last ten years is exponentially safer than the cars I was driving in the late 80s and early 90s. I have to think my perspective is colored by that. We were lucky if there was even a passenger side mirror.
Unfortunately it’s all undone by:
It’s especially sad when a very large portion of the deaths are kids 0-4 in some residential driveway at a very disproportionate rate:
https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/road-users/pedestrians/data-details/
Edit: for cell phone damage specifically, look at the uptick in deaths following the 2010s on many studies when smartphones became commonplace.
You ever drive a Ford T-100? Thing didn't even have a roof!
Most of the ones you listed have not been around since the 2010s, but yes we love locking extra safety behind a paywall in murica bc that's the taste of freedom baby.
Money. It's money.