Safety is a top concern for everyone. Understandably so. With the staggering number of accidents and deaths on our road systems, it’s a wonder we even have the guts to get out of bed in the morning, let alone hop in a self-guided, land-bound missile made of metal and glass and full of combustible liquid — only to merge onto a freeway teeming with thousands of other similar missiles, all going to different locations. (Bet you never thought about driving to work in those frightening terms before).

The point is, we’ve grown accustomed to the safety measures that have been adopted over the years to make sure we don’t run into each other on the road (although some people still haven’t learned them yet). We are oblivious of the painstaking measures that manufacturers take to make sure our gas tank doesn’t explode, or the door doesn’t fall off or accidentally open, or the wheels don’t fall off, or that the brakes actually bring the car to a stop before we hit the car in front of us. The quiet comfort of the cockpit has lulled us into a blase attitude toward normal highway speeds. Even the speeds we travel in our neighborhood would be nerve-racking, if not terrifying if we were on roller skates.

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