> I feel that this is up to government regulation. The government should prevent unsafe cars from entering the road, not leave it up to the judgment of car-company CEOs.

Unfortunately, this might be asking your government a bit too much. If a car company decides to cut some obscure corners and keeps quiet about it [1], it will be very difficult for any outsider to catch it in time to prevent loss of life. Sure, you can punish them later, but by then, people will already have died.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_ignition_switch...

EDIT: Changed the link in [1] (from http://www.cbsnews.com/news/another-fatal-crash-may-be-linke...).