Seat belts. Shoulder straps. Air bags. Radial tires. Automatic headlights. Warning chimes. Back up cameras.

It’s only a matter of time before car manufacturers introduce the next big safety innovation… and the next, and the next… inexorably making us safer and safer as we take to the roadways.

Or so it would seem.

But are we really safer, or are we indulging an illusion of safety that may actually place us in greater danger?