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Re:How well do cars do in crash tests they're not optimized ... by yboris on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @11:33AM (#23691069)
Rather immoral. Not just offloading, but also exacerbating the burden onto others.

Vehicles and Crashes: Why is this Moral Issue Overlooked? by Douglas Husak

https://www.jstor.org/stable/23562447?seq=1

Re:How well do cars do in crash tests they're not optimized ... by dionidium on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @06:45PM (#23695684)
It's the arms race itself (and the fact that we allow it to continue) that's immoral. Acting rationally within the arms race is not immoral. Our laws should address the core causes of this arms race.

People are starting to wake up to the notion of "systemic issues," but still too slow to apply what they've learned about that topic to other matters. It's a mistake to focus on the behavior of individuals in a system that's sanctioning and encouraging bad behavior.

Re:How well do cars do in crash tests they're not optimized ... by ballenf on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @12:57PM (#23692107)
The free preview of your citation seems to propose legal liability for drivers of vehicles that cause outsize risk to others.

Safety equipment inside cars does the same -- people who feel more safe in their car drive more dangerously and take more risks. Maybe that's addressed in the full article.