Proposal

When buying a new car, most people don’t think about if there is going to be a problem with the car. It’s a new car right? There’s nothing that could possibly go wrong. Why don’t we ask the family who bought themselves a new Lexus. Unfortunately they are not available because this Lexus killed them in a crash. The accelerator on the car got stuck and the driver could do nothing until they hit another car at 120 mph killing everyone involved. All this could have been avoided. Blood was spilt because of one little problem of the accelerator pedal sticking. Something Toyota overlooked.
There are too many safety issues that are overlooked by car companies today. Safety must be top priority when it comes to a product like a car. Auto safety standards must be updated regularly in order to keep up with the technology of cars. In history NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Association) has been in control of the safety requirements for cars. About every decade they make changes, which is usually right after a major problem or recall.
When it comes to the lives of the people, safety shouldn’t be considered as trial and error. Prevention is the name of the game. If safety was higher on the companies’ priorities then we could prevent most of these defects. One way to make car companies take a better look at safety is to make it cost them if they don’t. By taking the cap off of the fine for recalls and by requiring more safety features, a problem with a car caused by a car company could be devastating to the financial well being of the company. This way safety becomes one with profit. So in order to make money and not lose money, companies will step up on the safety of their car so that they can prevent problems in safety or defects in cars which in turn prevents them from losing money. That’s all they need is a little motivation.
Many of you may be thinking “You can’t prevent every problem” which is true. You cannot simply prevent all problems but we can prevent car companies from neglecting safety and by doing that we can save lives.