Norway has one of the lowest crash death rates in the world, with fatalities dropping ~50% in the last decade. I asked a senior Norwegian transportation official what role car technology has played enhancing safety. Her answer: "None. We focus on road design and enforcement."

It's almost as if we can't trust a 1.5 ton hunk of metal to care about squishy meat bags.

Rather different than the US approach of chasing symptoms rather than solving problems.

I just spent 10 days riding a bike in Norway, and it didn't seem like the roads were appreciably different than in many other European countries. Did she say what the design focus was?